the things we hold are always the first to go
Ronin regarded her with a soft frown, not understanding. I want you to be the one who guides us when the battles are done. ”Why?” he asked. ”What makes you think that I can do something like that? I’m a soldier, Amalia. I won’t let anyone fight a battle for me that I might fight myself. I won’t sit on my laurels like some precious jewel to be kept safe.”
It was his pride that spoke now, and he knew it, Ronin remembering Wessex’s words, her implication that he and Rory would need to be sequestered out of the fight while the real warriors did the doing. And it made him sick to his stomach.
It was his pride that spoke now, and he knew it, Ronin remembering Wessex’s words, her implication that he and Rory would need to be sequestered out of the fight while the real warriors did the doing. And it made him sick to his stomach.
