บท 78: Familiar Face

Atticus was absolutely dumbfounded. "What for?"

"To protect us, of course!" Daphne reasoned. "Besides, it will be much easier for me to tend to his wounds when he's in the same carriage. We can't just leave him like this. He's your best friend."

"To protect us?" Atticus echoed in disbelief. He frantically gestured to Jonah's multiple injuries then back at his own very unharmed body. "Are you that blind that you can't even tell who is the one that is currently injured and who saved the rest of us without even breaking a sweat?"

"No need for personal attacks," Jonah grumbled under his breath. He turned to Daphne and said, "It might be better for me to ride behind. That way, we might be able to lure potential perpetrators out from hiding if they saw that the carriage was with minimal guards protecting it."