46 Chapter 46 - Katya's departure

Seeing his willingness to listen, Katya made her proposal.

"I don't know why exactly you waylaid me here, considering you want revenge so badly, but I guess it was to buy the Ashcroft sisters time to escape. Which I can respect, even if I don't know why you care about them so much."

It wasn't so much that he cared about them, as much as he was the only one able to both entice Katya into a fight and hold on long enough to give the others time to make their own moves.

After all, the sisters could only get away because he delayed this Iron Sentinel, but neither of them would have been able to do the same for him.

Since he couldn't run away and expect to remain free, there was only one chance for his survival and freedom: giving Katya a reason to let him leave unmolested.

Seeing Erik remain silent, Katya continued, "Well, regardless of your reasons, now you have to pay the price of your actions because you made me interested in you. So here's the deal.