“We don’t have time for this. Ren will go through the gate. You will follow after him. Your oath to me will leave you no choice.” Ren went still. His eyes locked on to Kingfisher. The warrior must have felt the burning intensity of the general’s gaze, but Fisher didn’t so much as glance in his friend’s direction. “Tell me I misheard that,” Ren said. “Tell me you didn’t bind this girl to you with an oath.”

