Lina, standing beside me, followed my gaze. Her eyes flickered with unease. "So… what's the plan? Are we just going to wait until they show up?"
Her tone was casual, but I could hear the tension behind it.
Waiting sounded simple enough—just let the attack happen, then step in. But that wasn't an option. Even if the princess had elite knights guarding her, a sudden ambush could still leave casualties.
The logical move would be to warn them.
But the moment we did, the question would arise—how did we know about the attack?
And that was the problem.
I couldn't expose Lina as the source.
I'd already made her a promise. In exchange for her information, I wouldn't hand her over to the guards.
And breaking a promise, especially one made in that kind of situation, wasn't something I could live with.
My jaw tightened as I weighed the options.
Of course, if she were some heartless villain who had committed unforgivable crimes, that would be different.
