<span style="color: #666600">"Ele- protection? I want her to be with my daughter you can't care about anything. Who does she need protection from? She's not a criminal, she's got nothing to fear from either of us. It's our daughter she should be concerned about. I'll take your word for it, but call on Flora if you think the world can be made better."</span><br/><br/>Melanie grinned as she was grabbed and shook her head when she was released<span style="color: #a64dff">. "You don't get to make the rules. Especially when you didn't care when you were there the first time. I'm offering you a trade of services. If you kill me my parents will go into hiding and so will their associates." </span>She scowled at Ashia and seemed rather unphased by being thrown into the arms of the Elf who caught her.<span style="color: #a64dff"> "Reeking? I assure you I bathe her reg... ah, right, I assure you have nothing to do with the demonic taint on her. She was a failed conversion, they tried to twist her and someone intervened. Not me, I just bought her from her saviors. Talk it out with her, I've laid the deal out for you and I won't change my terms."</span>The Elf made a motion and the warlock disappeared without a trace. Standing before the dragon the Elf never showed any emotion and after taking another look at Ashia she turned to walk away, without a way home without the warlock to teleport her.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>