She still wanted to cry. She was still afraid. But did she really have any room to refuse him? At the very least he was offering something in return. She didn't know what she was getting herself in to, not completely, but her mind continually returned to the people she cared about. The faces of those she wanted to protect but had been too weak to up until then.

An unneeded breath in, eyes closing, all so she could steel herself against the one weak word she let fall from her lips.

"Okay..."