It crossed her mind to telll him that that was all that was left. Then again he would have simply gone back to torturing her mother and father. If she did not know then her parents would have to. At this point cleo knew she had lost half of her barginning power. That it was possible he would settle for half and cut his losses.
"I never claimed that would be all of it....." The words came out in a fast rush. Her body tense as if she expected to feel his whip against her back again. Or something worse. "Let my parents walk away without further harm and I would happily give you the rest of it. If half is enough to finance a war.... then the whole amount has to be enough to buy their lives. Your word of honor and its all yours.... You will have the castle to take your time to rip it apart and find anything else you might be intersted in...."