“Since I clearly can’t trust you to follow the simplest of rules,” he gives me a pointed look, “even though they’re for your own safety, you will now be accompanying me everywhere.” “What?” “You heard me.” “Yes, but—” “But what?” He arches a dark brow. “Do you have something else you need to do?” Frustration pulses through me. How am I supposed to sneak away and search for the treasury if he takes me with him to hunt the Red Hand? Goddess damn it. But I can’t exactly tell him any of that, so I just mutter, “No.” “Good.” He flashes me another satisfied smile. “Then it’s settled.” I yank my
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