"Even, even if you aren't afraid of Lord Owain," Samira said firmly when Ollie seemed to pause in thought. "I still can't go with you. You can take whatever it is you want from my chambers," she offered. After all, she had been planning to abandon nearly everything when she left anyway and none of it truly belonged to her. If he wanted any of it, he was welcome to it as long as she and Noomi could escape.
"I'll go hide in the dungeons beneath the villa," she said as she turned to leave. "Just, leave behind some food in the kitchens and I'll come for it after you're gone."
"Lady Samira, ye can'a do that!" Otis insisted, shocked that she would even contemplate something so dangerous instead of taking Ollie's offer to help them escape to the village he'd mentioned. "The demons will kill ye if they find ye! They'll cook ye in one of their great pots or those giants'll gobble ye up whole, or…"
