Submission for Safety

She's never been one to shy away from a straight answer, but this time she hesitates. When she finally looks up to meet your eyes, they are wide with a **** expression. There's always been people she fought for. People she cared about. You never bothered to learn much about them and she made sure you never got a chance to. It seems that is about to change.

"Blackwater." She says, not even blinking as she speaks, almost monotone. "It's a large town, as you know. East from here. You hit it pretty early and not as hard as the other places. That's how I survived. How the people who raised me from the streets survived."

She wipes away a few tears with a motion akin to a soft punch. You lean in, intrigued by your familiar foe confiding in you like this. The world truly has changed...

"I can't defend them anymore. Not in any way that matters. If you want to hurt them, you will. If your men want to hur them...they will. I'm here so that doesn't happen."

She opens her arms wide and points at her impressive physique, a lot of it so bare it does not leave anything to your imagination. She sighs and quickly wraps her arms over her bandaged chest again. "I know the stories they tell of you and your appetites. If any of that shit's true, I hope you'll hear me out."

You gesture for her to continue.

"I offer myself up to you. Total defeat. I'm yours however you want me. Just make sure Blackwater is spared. Do good by the town and its people. I no longer care about anyone else. Do that for me and you can do with me whatever you want."

That is not a lightly made sacrifice. And it does play on some old desires. It was never difficult to imagine her in the nude, lounging in front of a fire for you. But it was difficult to try and let those thoughts bloom beyond a brief daydream with her trying to kill you and all that. Now however you have all the time in the world to fantasise about making your old enemy into an obedient trophy. You could be petty, punishing her and her beloved hometown in all the ways you know so well like no other.
But she's been through a lot and you could use someone like her at your side. Besides, few people know 'you' as well as she does.