“I think you should listen to him, Dad,” Sage said cautiously. She was sitting in her father’s office, waiting for him to enter. She had been waiting for him all day, her mind reeling with what Mr. Owen had said. The Volbraght were coming for them. Anyone who did not follow them would be faced with the option of following them or dying. Sage wanted to protect her family and the people she cared about. They could not just sit around and do nothing. When the Volbraghts come, they would have to be ready. “I think it’s the only way.”
“I said I would think about it, Sage,” he replied, taking the seat at his desk. “This is not a decision we should enter into lightly.”
“You just don’t want to decide,” Sage accused. “You don’t like thinking about what they might do to us when they get here. So,
