Loretta didn't mean she would win against him. Or that anyone would win against him nor his pack of human devouring beasts. He didn't seem to get her point. "I never said I was going to win either." She responded. "You don't seem to understand what I'd meant by that. I wasn't meaning it to be a challenge. It was meant as a warning." She instantly fell silent though that pesky smirk remained.<span style="font-style: italic">â€œNow this is what I like to see in a sacrifice. Youâ€™re terrified yet you know you canâ€™t back down; youâ€™re slowly starting to accept that death is just around the corner for you.â€</span>"I never doubted my fate. But at least my sacrifice will be worth something else. Something more important than just being another innocent girl you beasts are going to slaughter. but what do I know? I am just a weak little human."<br/><br/>As the man became impatient and began to make her move more towards the fire, she willingly complied. The girl was even so bold as to kick out at the wolf that tried to lick her. She didn't whine and whimper when the flames scarred her legs, she was calm. All the rest before her had always tried to escape or had cried when the pain of the fire hit them. But not Loretta. She was stronger than the rest of the sacrifices that had been made over the centuries since the pact had been made. She knew her life was worth more than this, and it gave her the strength to withstand this torment. This girl was different from the rest.... for many reasons. Most of which no one knew and would never find out as she was to be killed.<br/><br/>Loretta closed her eyes, letting herself be pushed along without faltering. Listening to the sounds of the roaring fire that surrounded her. The flames that would end her and finish this pain.The heat that would cook her as it was while she walked so close to it, the sparks burning her skin. Her beautiful brown hair was slightly singed and messy. "The town will not always follow this barbaric tradition. You won't win. You won't keep them in submission forever. I may be just another sacrifice to everyone else, and no one will mourn because they finally stopped caring. They have fallen into this continues cycle and aren't afraid of giving up another girl for the sake of the wolf's bloodlust. They'll continue and continue until no one remains. Then what will you do? No more sacrifice, no more food. Then you lose."