"Please let me go. I'll do everything for you if you don't eat me." You said in panic of the thought that you are about to get eaten alive.

"Sorry, but that is the only request that I'm not accepting. As I told you before I'm hungry", she replied.

"Then what about if I'm going to catch someone else for you to eat?"

"You mean you want to become my servant?" she asked seriously.
This seriously asked question brought you a sparkle of hope. "I'll even become your slave if you let me, please let me live...".
"Oh, shut up. I hate it when you humans beg for your lives. Although I should already get used to it by now." Phillipa whispered the last sentence more to herself than speaking it out loud, but it seems that you archived your goal.

She bent foreward to your head so much that you were nearly inches away from hers and heard saying:"Be my bait".
You suprisingly looked at her."Be your what...?".
"You heard right". She grinned now evely. "The people
on this Island all know me and know how to ...umhh... avoid my vistits. However if you help me I could finally feast again like it the good old days. So what do you say?".

You agreed immediatly but wondered at same time if that is such a great idea? What if she lies and still intends to swallow you?

After a short advice of Philippa how you shall behave as her bait (maening what you shall do when you find a victim) she gave you one last advice.
"Oh and don't try to run away, you know I'm faster. You only have two legs and I have four".
With that you went forward on your way, always knowing
that the centauress was just a few 100 meters behind you.