It isn't quite the explosive reaction that Zorya might have wanted to see - a kindhearted man suddenly overwhelmed by just how powerful the hatred growing in his heart had become - but it's enough. It will give the Countess somewhere to start when coming up with an appropriate trade off for Gustave, something that will give him no choice but to face that darkness that lives within himself.
It's just too early to fully put her claim on him. Even here, with the man wrapped up in her coils, it's easy for her to see him sliding into Lux's or Sahar's courts. Or worse even, the Prince's. Ugh.
"Then let us hope you learn to harness that anger for their sake, my pet." And just as quickly as he was overtaken by her tail, Zorya releases the man from her hold, though the cold palm pressed to his chest remains. "As boring an answer as it may be, courtly proceedings take time. Come seek me out after you've been officially taken into a court and I will give you exactly what you're asking. All discussion of price will come then. Does that satisfy you? Can you keep the girl from murdering him until then? Or vice versa?"
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It isn't quite the explosive reaction that Zorya might have wanted to see - a kindhearted man suddenly overwhelmed by just how powerful the hatred growing in his heart had become - but it's enough. It will give the Countess somewhere to start when coming up with an appropriate trade off for Gustave, something that will give him no choice but to face that darkness that lives within himself.
It's just too early to fully put her claim on him. Even here, with the man wrapped up in her coils, it's easy for her to see him sliding into Lux's or Sahar's courts. Or worse even, the Prince's. Ugh.
"Then let us hope you learn to harness that anger for their sake, my pet." And just as quickly as he was overtaken by her tail, Zorya releases the man from her hold, though the cold palm pressed to his chest remains. "As boring an answer as it may be, courtly proceedings take time. Come seek me out after you've been officially taken into a court and I will give you exactly what you're asking. All discussion of price will come then. Does that satisfy you? Can you keep the girl from murdering him until then? Or vice versa?"