章 1886: Negotiations with the young master (4)

Maksim turned his gaze to Sarah and slowly lifted his arms in the air in surrender, the knife's handle was clutched in Maksim's right hand.

"This is yours.", Maksim told Sarah and she noticed he is holding onto the tactical army knife she took away from him a few evenings ago. Sarah wondered if she had it with her on the previous day when she was captured by the Voronins or if she left it in her room.

Sarah stood up and nodded at Hong, silently telling him to let go of Maksim.

"It's OK.", Sarah said while patting Kitty's head, and Aaron, Noah, and Michael moved a bit on the side, but not enough to completely open the path between Maksim and Sarah.

Maksim flipped the knife so that the handle faces Sarah. The knife was in its black sheath that looked like it's a mix of metal and plastic, and it had engraved some design. It's definitely custom made.

Sarah met Maksim's gaze. "Are you sure you want to give that to me?"