“You can’t go!” I vehemently disagreed.
“I have to,” Reid countered simply.
“At least do it smarter, Reid! What are you going to do when you get to Joliette?” My voice was raising in desperation as the gears turned in my head—I had to get through to him somehow, to make him see my point. “They aren’t going to just let you walk right up to Willem. They’ll have warned him that you’re coming, and they’ll sure as f**k outnumber you. Unless you’re planning to surrender? Going alone might as well be surrendering!”
Contemplativeness flitted across his features as he processed my words.
Before he had a chance to speak, I continued, “I understand we can’t avoid Willem any longer, and I don’t want to. But if we’re gonna do this, we have to do it smart. You can’t just run off into battle and be s
