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Wolf of the Blood Moon - Book 2 - Chapter 12 - The Deal (Patreon)

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2023-04-15 05:58:54
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2023-04

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                                                            Scarlet

“I know you’re going to say no to me just like you did miss Wright, but I wanted to offer you my support in any situation where you may need it,” she says, not beating around the bush. “And this isn’t just because you saved both my life and the life of my daughter. It’s also because my daughter has taken quite the shine to you and will not stop talking about you.” The councilwoman glances at my ears as she says this, sending a shiver down my spine as I wrap my arms around myself, feeling actual fear for once.

She chuckles again before meeting my eyes again and adding, “And I can’t say I disagree with her, as you are a very interesting person. Very interesting indeed.”

Something about the way she says that twice feels slightly off to me, but I overlook that when Viper finally speaks up, standing up from her seat while doing so, “Now wait a minute-” Only to get cut off by a glance from Councilwoman Rose. Viper then turns to me after taking a deep breath and asks, “Are you sure? No one’s forcing you into this decision, right?” She adds this with a glance towards the councilwoman, who I can tell right away is not on good terms with her.

“Yes, I’m sure,” I tell her with a nod of my head and a serious look on my face.

I would very much prefer to live, and dying at the hand of your poison after you find out I’m half demon is not on my plan of things to do today. Or, rather, ever, for that matter.

Just doesn’t sound fun.

Tar snorts at that.

She frowns for a second before sighing with a defeated look on her face. She then glances once at Councilwoman Rose before focusing on me again and saying, “If you ever change your mind, just shoot me an email, and I’ll be happy to become your instructor, alright?”

I nod without saying anything in agreement nor denial.

Viper then frowns at the councilwoman before saying, “You have ten minutes with her here. Anymore and it’ll have to be on both your and her own time off of campus grounds.”

The councilwoman just waves her off while saying, “Yeah, yeah, I know the university doesn’t like having government officials on its grounds. Now please leave us be.”

Viper very clearly does not like that, but she doesn’t say anything and instead just gives me a polite nod and walks out of her office, closing the door behind her and leaving me in the room with the councilwoman. Alone.

And the very first thing I ask once she’s gone is, “Are you the one suppressing my status as an orphan from reaching the public and other students?”

She just smiles without saying anything.

“Guess that’s answer enough,” I mutter before asking, “I’m guessing you have business you want to discuss?”

Her smile grows as she says, “Yes! Now, while I am a councilwoman, I am also the owner of a couple of private cities, and the major shareholder of several different companies, and I would like to sponsor you.” I open my mouth to reject it, but she’s too fast and raises a hand while saying, “And don’t worry, this will be give and take, as you would be allowing us to use sponsorship videos of you in any building of ours you fight in, you would model for us in some of our outfits – all outfits to your particular style of course” she says this part while looking at my magi-tech armor “and you could wear a simple keychain or maybe a hair tie made by one of our companies with our logo on it to help sponsor us when you’re just out and about.”

I close my mouth, my eyes narrowing in the process.

She really knows me well.

“We would even pay you a portion of the royalties you earn outside of our initial sponsorship of paying your entry fees in the Interschool Tournaments normal competitions, any tuition you have at this university, and I will act as a legal advisor for you should you need it,” she continues, hitting me where it hurts.

She knows me very well.

Did Allen put her up to this?

What do you think, Tar?

“It’s up to you,” he answers, meaning that he isn’t against it.

I sigh.

“As long as you keep the outfits simple without any skirts, dresses, or anything that exposes too much skin,” I specify, “and to make it not very often either, since I have to train and study, not to mention fight in the Fractures too. Then we have a deal.”

I was wondering how I would pay for my tuition here. Because while the government does pay for all of your room and board, along with your required classes, and food, and all of that stuff, they don’t pay for the electives we take. And we’re required to take five classes each semester, meaning I would’ve had to scrounge up the money for three classes each semester.

Which wouldn’t have been the end of the world. Just would’ve required me to do some more promoting under Allen and would’ve had to be careful about making my payments on time.

Now I won’t have to do that, and I won’t have to owe Allen either.

Not to mention the fees for joining the tournament. Because while the primaries is paid for fully by the school, since I’ll be representing the Class I students there, the regular tournaments aren’t. And while I could probably ask Michael, Emily, Denise, or even Belle for the money, I’d feel like crap doing so.

The councilwoman just continues smiling before reaching her arm our. We then shake on the agreement and let go of each other. But before we do, I can’t help but catch a whiff of her scent. A scent that smells very… metallic? And leathery.

Odd.

“Shal we work on signing a contract for this now?” she asks, and I nod my head, putting aside the odd smell as I think about the credits I’ll be earning from this deal.

“Always with the credits…” I hear Tar mutter, and I can’t help but perk up with pride a little bit at that. “That wasn’t a compliment.”

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Wensber

Thanks for the chapter!

Kristeen Livesay

Hah, first tail cultist to arrive.(blame active notifications and no regard to healthy sleep schedules)

Buzz1089

I really like this story but this chapter was just off putting. She should have asked for time to think about it alone before making a choice right there. Like at the very least, she should ask Allen about her before agreeing.

Maliticus
>>106404592

To me this chapter makes sense from Scar's perspective. Keep in mind that as an orphan from a tier 3 city she would be very attuned to people's malice, and she has proven time and again to not be very good at dealing with people. Here we have Scar confronted with a very wealthy and powerful leader who has researched her well prior to offering a deal, who knows her foster dad well enough to speak with him about her, who has handed her healing items like a granny giving out candy, and who is displaying no malice. Of course Scar is going to give it a casual thought for possible down sides, shrug, and take the essentially free credits.

Buzz1089
>>106404592

A lot of what you point out is exactly why her nature would make her cautious. Someone she doesn't know but has researched her, that's concerning, not a comfort. She says she knows Allen but that's reason for Scar to talk to Allen first and verify. She's not good at dealing with people so she wouldn't trust herself to make this choice that quickly. Wealth and power make her uncomfortable, she puts her guard up around it.

Virnor

Muddling the waters with a new candidate for her mother's position? Even though I guess her dad could be in "contact" with other humans I guess, the blood lycans infiltration being on the table too but unlikely given demon's hatred of humans.

Falxie
>>106407199

Wouldn’t be so sure about the last part. There might be demons trained for infiltration that would have to put their hatred in second or third place

WolfWrites
>>106404592

She accepted the deal because there wasn't anything to lose to it. The only thing she had to lose was having to model a little bit and wear some hair tie. And let them use footage in buildings. It's literally not much more than Allen's already doing, so there is no reason to decline, even if the woman has ulterior motives.

WolfWrites
>>106404592

I just went through and added that part to the chapter itself to specify: Even if the woman has ulterior motives, there is absolutely nothing for me to lose from this. So there's no reason to deny it. Not like she can find out what I am or use me in some horrifying way by having me model in some regular street clothes or use some footage of me fighting.

Buzz1089
>>106404592

She's paranoid and this person is throwing out red flags, in a situation where she was already on guard to deny an offer. It's not about logic, people rarely act based on logic. They act on emotion and based on how Scar had been written to this point, I feel like her paranoia would win out in this moment. Then have a quick chat with Allen, one of the very few people she really trusts, then accept the offer because there is no downside. I'm not upset she accepted, I'm upset at how she did it because it just doesn't feel like her, which makes it feel like a forced plot line.

WolfWrites
>>106404592

Well, all things considered, Scarlet is 100% based on myself, and I would accept the offer right away since there literally isn't any downsides.

Buzz1089
>>106404592

Maybe cut back on how shady that woman comes across then. To me, this chapter screams that this woman isn't too be trusted, while Scar, a distrustful person, trusts her anyway. It's hard as a reader to both distrust her from the narrative but also trust her from Scar's perspective. The two points are a bit too extreme to really empathize with both positions. This woman stalked her, ambushed her, stares at her creepy, manipulate one of her teachers to get a meeting that is implied to be frowned on because they don't like politicians at the school, always had the upper hand in the conversation, smells off. Like seriously, there is very little more you could do to make me distrust her more than I currently do.

WolfWrites
>>106404592

Scarlet straight up states that she doesn't know if she can trust her or not, but once again, she makes the decision that there literally isn't anything she can do from that deal to harm her. It's literally impossible Not sure why you're so defensive against a deal for her to model for her company. You're acting like the woman can kill her or something from making a contract for her to model a little bit for her...

Buzz1089
>>106404592

Just had another thought about a previous point made, she accepted because there was no downside, but in this scenario, I feel like no downside just indicates the offer is TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.

Buzz1089
>>106404592

Because it's not about the deal, it's about the person the deal came from.

WolfWrites
>>106404592

Also, in all honesty, a bit of a spoiler if you don't want to read it, but... The woman is helping her earnestly, even if she may have ulterior motives.

WolfWrites
>>106404592

Also, Scarlet is by no means an emotional person. She wouldn't act emotionally or out of fear. She acts out of logic. Pure and simple.

Buzz1089
>>106404592

Like I said before, I don't have an issue with the deal itself or her accepting it. My issue is that the way it was offered and the person who offered it is RIDICULOUSLY suspect, and I think Scar had reason to verify with Allen first, especially as there doesn't seem much reason for her to NOT contact Allen. You're right that Scar makes a lot of decisions based on logical thought processes, but she's also literally a berserker. A lot of her logical decisions also feel like they're based on fear/worry. Logically there is argument for and against her getting adopted, but it seems like worry about how it will effect Allen or her own emotional state around parents is why she hasn't really accepted. Everyone uses logic and emotion. Thoughts can be really logical which leads to most choices being logical, but everyone makes emotional choices or choices based on instinct, which Scar had done plenty as well. Acting on instinct is a more emotional choice than a logical one.

WolfWrites
>>106404592

If I'm being completely honest, I don't understand your reasoning at all, as everything you're saying goes against how Scarlet thinks. But just to placate you and the minimal possibility of someone else thinking this too, I'll add a note in the next chapter mentioning how Allen had suggested she take whatever deal she was being offered by the woman on the way to the office.

Maliticus
>>106404592

Many people assume that paranoia, especially when dealing with others, means that one needs to be on guard in any situation that is possibly suspect. While this can be true to a point, one also needs to accept that it is incredibly draining to be on guard against every person one meets because EVERYONE seems suspect. A paranoid person will eventually come up to a mitigating system to check if people are "ok enough" to give them a pass. This woman has given Scar rather expensive healing items in the past with no strings attached, and is now presenting a business deal that benefits both parties with the only down side being more public exposure that she is already dealing with anyway. At least now she'll get paid for it. Is it possible that the woman might spring something on her down the line? Yes. Can this unknown possibly place Scar in an unfavorable position? Also yes. Can Scar proceed to claw the woman's throat out in that case? Most certainly. This entire debate is also made with the assumption that the woman would allow Scar to run off to Allen and not withdraw the deal. Would turning it down in such a case be the smart move? Maybe, but that's a lot of credits to throw away on a whim.