"Please save him!" begged the spider-theif. "I'll pay you, I'll grow up and get a job and pay you every month!"
I turned away disgusted by his begging.
I was thinking about the Cirque when, Mr. Crepsley made the deal.
My jaw dropped. Another assistant?! It wasn't unheard of but only a few vampires had more than one.
I thought about it. A friend? I didn't have any besides Evra Von the snake boy. I wanted a friend but not this boy.
He probably had a family who'd miss him. I wouldn't wish this fate on another.
"Okay," he said.
I wished that I could scream at him. Tell him to run and forget his friend. But I couldn't. So I watched as he sold his humanity for a friend.
