What if i said i don't care?

Rhyme answered half way and vlad turned an ear and eye to him, halfway annoyed at the answer. It would do neither any good. "The first thaw, when my mother will come into heat next.... if I do not return he will force himself upon her and force her to bear his children while I and Father can do nothing." he was giving away a little of how bad it had become since Radek's fall. He gave a sigh. Rhyme wasn't asking the important questions yet. One he knew the other man might value more.

"What is your plan then for my future, seeing as I could return a turncoat or stay in these lands?" he was honest at least. He did have to wonder why Rhyme was keeping him when they could of bargained and sent him on his way.