_{‘ no. this sounds like you losing your bet… and i know you don’t like to lose. so i’m calling bull on this whole offer.’ somehow it intrigued her a tiny bit more than it repulsed her, but she couldn’t see herself agreeing to it either.}

_{‘i don’t lose,’ he said bluntly, ‘my offer, for what it is, will always be there. you may not like it, but then again? i doubted you would ever take it. ‘cause, once you have it with a demon? you never go back. trust me.’}