Oathbreaker: A Dark Fantasy Web Serial - Chapter 18Arc 3: : Sooth

... to Emma, having already been arguing for nearly ten minutes. “You’re staying here until I get back.”

“I deserve to at least know why,” Emma had her feet planted and her fists balled. “I didn’t swear myself to your lead so I could be kept safe whenever we face true danger.”

Her lips twisted, and her voice turned bitter. “I am not a child. I am not a damsel. I am training to be a warrior. Why are you leaving me behind?”

I caught Lias’s shadowy gaze from across the room. I f ...