Even

A minute and a half ago...

Setkh wheezed as he dropped to his knees.

The noose around his neck loosened a bit but the comfort it brought was little.

Karrun felt the same.

They were now outside the mansion and the man responsible for the noose around their necks gave them both a fearsome, deathly gaze.

"Where is it?" he asked apathetically. "Even all that wasn't enough for you tell me?"

Setkh sweated. He didn't offer a response. He was torn still.

Up until now, he had only used half measures because naturally, he was undecided on how to act. Was he to completely betray his family?

The man with the noose in his hand, a peculiar Incarnation, crouched and leaned in close to the kneeling down Setkh.