don’t need to bargain with you,” he said, as if the sound had broken a spell, and caught her hand, his grip tight around her fingers. “Then kill me now and eat my heart, and that is all you’ll ever have of me. A rotting piece of meat. You’ve toyed long enough with me. Accept my terms, or kill me like you killed the others, and the only pleasure you’ll ever find with me will be in the grave,” she swore.
