Extra's Supremacy: Rise of the Forgotten Background Character

The Duke stared at me for a long, uncomfortable moment.

Then finally, he asked, "What do you want in exchange?"

Straight to the point. No wasted breath.

Of course he understood.

He wasn’t stupid. He’d already done the math. In his eyes, I was fated to die anyway.

So, why the hell would I offer to take his son’s place in hell?

Why offer redemption when I had no future to return to?

That must be his thought process.

He had no idea and that made him nervous.

Good.

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I let the silence hang for a second longer—just enough to make him think I was hesitating.