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Even though the atmospehere of the cabin in the woods should have been calm, the loud bang of the front door ruined it.
The horse outside in the stables would have startled, were it not for his training as a ranger horse. Instead, he side-eyed it, not used to his master being so angry he disregarded the need to move silently.
But here Halt was, fuming.
And it was only understandable.
How did they expect him to remain calm when his apprentice was trapped in Skandia!
He wasn't allowed to go after him and that stung even more than he thought it would... They wanted him here, in case they caught that bandit.
But...what if he just didn't? They couldn't force him to stay, he had the option to leave. Although it was through...inconvenient means...
So even though this choice hurt to make, if Duncan refused to listen, he'd just have to give him no other option.