He would take the risk, even if the calculations weren’t favourable. Enough was enough though. If he let her remain parted from him, Rene knew his fate. Misery, the wretched wasting he had lounged in would deepen, darken and change the very nature of him beyond recognition. Manchette didn’t get that victory.
[color=#c10300]“I can certainly give you good odds for the next horse derby,”[/color] he offered. If he could lighten the load with a calculated guess on the race outcome, it would negate Geralt from noticing a drain in their own funds.
[color=#c10300]“Baroness Arlange is a smart woman, she knows a threat when she sees one.”[/color] There was no love lost for a tyrant and a bastard who tried to drain his people dry. Every ally they gained was another piece Geralt could threaten, but now those pieces were rising up in challenge to the wrongs dealt.
[color=#c10300] "We... should prepare to part, my sweet."[/color]
[color=#c10300]“I can certainly give you good odds for the next horse derby,”[/color] he offered. If he could lighten the load with a calculated guess on the race outcome, it would negate Geralt from noticing a drain in their own funds.
[color=#c10300]“Baroness Arlange is a smart woman, she knows a threat when she sees one.”[/color] There was no love lost for a tyrant and a bastard who tried to drain his people dry. Every ally they gained was another piece Geralt could threaten, but now those pieces were rising up in challenge to the wrongs dealt.
[color=#c10300] "We... should prepare to part, my sweet."[/color]
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