"Now," I said, looking at both of them, "I'm gonna make you an offer you cannot refuse."
Mitsuki's hand found Garek's arm, and I watched her fingers close around it once, briefly, and then release. Neither of them spoke. They were both looking at me, apparent in their faces that their gut had already told them a thing before their brain had caught up to it.
Peko was now standing still, watching the exchange with her hands folded and her violet eyes on me. She didn't know what I was about to say either.
Nom-Nom had moved up beside me and was looking between the couple and my face with her head tilted, working out from my expression alone whether this was going to be exciting or complicated, and probably arriving at both simultaneously.
