She was. She hadn't been in Shadow Falls long enough to understand that she was literally at the bottom of the food chain. Mariana had offered her just enough control that she still felt "in charge" of things. Riley was a dominant personality, after all, and that was quite important. That sense of being able to make her own decisions.
Considering she wasn't paying for her stay in the cabin (as she'd basically turned it into a place to live instead of simply a laboratory), the amount of money he offered was fine. She had a shit ton of it in the bank --not that she knew if she had access to such. "That's fine," she therefore said with a shrug. She ticked off all of the responsibilities in her head, and her brain only sparked with interest at the last statement.
Her eyebrows raised when the ring was handed over. She was slightly wary of jewelry, given the power of the silver thing on her wrist, but she accepted it and turned it over in her fingers. "What is it?"