I Didn't Let Go

I was turned into cannon fodder for torture and was sentenced to "get close to him and die in three days." He is a thousand-year-old violator who will die on sight and is avoided by everyone like a snake or a scorpion. He rescued me, then let go and took a step back - waiting for me to run. But I didn't let go. I held his wrist tightly with my backhand. He trembled all over and his eyes slowly turned red. For the first time in a thousand years, someone held his hand and didn't run away. Later I found out that Seven Days to Die was a fake. It was a trap set up by his master - to let the man who had been waiting for a thousand years have a taste of being waited for. But I didn't tell him: Each of his seven shadows is smiling at me. They said: Thank you, willing to stay.