Chapter 415: Varek’s Offer
Kaiden had the misfortune of knowing Varek only for a few minutes, but he’d learned a lot about the man in that short time. Varek was a man who lived in his own little bubble where he enjoyed unrestrained power.
He was the tyrannical ruler of his little tribe that consisted of a couple of hundred humans at best. Within the reservation lands granted to his people by the US government, he could do whatever he wanted.
But the monsters did not care about the sovereignty of his people. Varek seemed to want to make allies of his own with competent outsiders whom he saw on the Awakened Media Platform that enjoyed a truly global reach, facing no mortal restrictions such as language barriers.
It seemed that Kaiden was one such man he found, and Varek decided he might as well start making allies with him.
The firelight danced across Varek’s broad, scarred chest as he leaned forward. The glint in his eyes turned sly as he gestured lazily toward the line of women kneeling behind him, his "adornments."
"I thought," he began, the corner of his mouth curving into a wolfish grin, "that you might appreciate Taigi. She’s built like our kind of woman, no?"
His gaze slid over his harem, and though he said nothing more, the meaning was obvious. His eyes traced the outlines of their hips and thighs, the kind of unspoken comparison that made the women stiffen in discomfort. One even flinched when his gaze lingered too long.
"I was even thinking of proposing a harem member swap to you as the ultimate sign of peace and respect... But it seems," he went on, chuckling darkly, "that I was mistaken. Perhaps your taste has become more acquired with time?"
The smirk that followed left little doubt about what he meant. His eyes drifted toward Naira, who was sitting quietly at Kaiden’s side. Her slender frame was cloaked in modest tribal wraps. The color drained from her face as she realized what that gaze implied.
"If you wish," Varek said lightly, "I can have some of the young ones visit you tonight. Gifts of friendship, of course-"
That was it.
The last string holding Kaiden’s patience snapped.