Elle clenched her fist. Would it be a bad idea to punch him and run away?
"Should we go in?" Magnus then uttered, almost stopping her heartbeat from the shock as he pointed to the dungeon.
She shook her head, "No! Of course not!"
"Then you should give me something in exchange of keeping your secret a quiet. Something like a hush money," Magnus unclasped his hand and offered it in front of her.
Elle stared at his hands and felt as if she was being blessed but at the same time trapped, "I don't have money…"
"I know," Magnus smiled wider, "But you could give me something else that isn't money."
"I… don't have anything," Elle wasn't rich and she didn't have anything in her possession as her house was entirely burned down. But she has to shush this man! "Why do I have to give you something."
