“You and Haden take him back to camp,” he said at last. I deflected an enemy strike and plunged my sword through their throat. “No!” I snarled, angry he’d even suggest such a thing. “I swore to you I’d not leave your side, remember?” “Ax…” He shook his head and peered at me through his helmet. Desperation blazed in his eyes. “Please do as I say.” He already believed the battle to be lost and wished to spare me. “No. I will not leave you,” I spoke, shaking my head. “If we are to die, we do so together. You have always been by my side, and that is how it will forever be.” Until the end.
