Argent’s gaze lingered on our hands so I pulled away from Nicon. I couldn’t afford to alienate an ally at this time. The imp didn’t appear as self-confident as she had before. If anything she was small and pitiful. What had Argent been up to while we had been occupied? “You’re not going to fight me about it this time?”
She shook her head at me. “There’s no point. Your friend over there wants to kill me. So explain how this contract thing of yours works. I don’t want to give you the weapon that will kill my entire race. You can kill me off instead.”
“Your entire race?” Nicon shook her head with a frown. “The world is too large of a place. Are you trying to tell me that the only imps that are alive is your group? That doesn’t sound right at all. How would that even be possible?”
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