"Lion, or would you rather I call you Robert?" For the good of your family, let my men go. Remember that just as I can give the order to protect them, I can give the opposite... we don't have to get along badly... Take this as a business... everyone has "A price, what is worth more than the safety of the family?"
I'm sure that in Birta's head, his move to blackmail me and coerce me with my family sounded great. She was in control again, and that made her smile with that cold smile. Perhaps it sounds obscene, but she was stained with blood, and after turning the tables on the situation, the thought of having a new pawn dancing in her excited her.
"Can you guarantee me that you have given the order to take care of my family?"
"If you don't trust me, you can read my mind; I give you my permission, and I prefer that to you digging around for yourself."
