Chapter 16

"When we leave, would you be willing to come with us?" Garrett asked. Only for a moment that Garrett had not noticed a devious smile crossed Christopher's lips but was gone faster then it had appeared.

Elise hurried back into the stair well quietly. Listening to their conversation. Her heart rate beginning to elevate.

"Is Garret up there?" Sarah asked. Elise quickly turned to her lifting a finger to her lips to silence the princess, and pointed up. Quickly she turned her attention back to what the men were saying.

"You want me to come with you?" Christopher laughed "You guys must be desperate asking someone like me to come along."

After a minute of Garrett staring holes through him he realized that Garret was being serious. What made this man entrust something so important to him. Shit if they had fought side by side during the war Christopher could understand but they had been enemies! There was no bond, no trust to base any of this off of. What woul