For a moment, Elgon looked like he wanted to argue with Ashlynn's decision. Unlike Ashlynn, he'd seen Lady Jocelynn when she held a memorial for the sister she believed was dead, and he knew how hard Jocelynn had been working to escape Owain's clutches even before she was thrown into the dungeons.
But looking into Ashlynn's emerald eyes, Elgon had the brief sensation that he was looking at Count Rhys after his lord had made a tremendously difficult decision… And one that he was entirely committed to seeing through to the end.
Ashlynn was right. Just like her father, while Elgon was focused on the things he could see on the horizon, she was looking beyond it. It was easy to cling to his virtues as a knight and to charge into danger to do the right thing. All he cared about at the moment was saving the last member of his lord's family who was still trapped in Lothian Manor and carrying her home to the safety of Blackwell City.
