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"You could have taken it."
"Aye." A simple response as dark eyes met blue.
"Why didn't you?"
"Couldn't leave you here alone. Who knows the trouble you'd get yourself into if I wasn't around."
A soft snort, but he could see the relief as the tension eased. "Probably die tomorrow when the Saxons get here."
"No." Firm denial, refusal to even contemplate the idea as he pulled Gawain to him. "Not with Arthur leading us."
"So certain of that?"
"Aye."
A heartbeat. Another. One dark eyebrow lifted. "Because?"
"Because," said with a slow, easy smile, "I won't leave you alone."