Plotting By Candlelight - Part 5

Oliver shook his head. "I have few enough men as it is, I would not risk you until I'm confident that everyone will make it back alive."

Though he scowled, Karesh did not manage to say any more than that, though Lady Blackthorn looked like she wanted to – a fact that Amelia noticed, and was desperately imploring her Lady to keep quiet, with a pleading look in her eyes.

"Would you… bring me?" Lasha asked, tentatively.

Oliver shared a look with Verdant. "On a mission with quite likely fatal consequences? I'm unsure, my Lady… Goblins are one thing, but wherever they plan to send me is quite another. I already invited your father's ire earlier. I'm sure he'd be the one sending assassins after me if I were to put you in harm's way on a battlefield."