Eiran scoffed. “You expect us to agree to that?” I turned my head toward him, my voice steady as steel. “You don’t have to agree to anything.” I looked back at my father. “I’ve spent my life bowing to the whims of this rebellion, and I finally have the intel you need to get to the king, to get what you’ve always wanted. Are you so willing to sacrifice Verena for this cause that you are unwilling to save her for it?”
