Sparks and Scorn

Darius’s POV

The very last thing I wanted to do was train Valerie for battle. For her to be safe, she needed to be as far from the front lines as possible. Yet, as I looked into her eyes and she stared hard up at me, I knew she wasn’t just making an idle threat.

If I didn’t agree to help her, she would try to find someone else to do so. I could try to bar her from doing so by putting out a decree