Against, obviously against - but she inhaled and then couldn’t say it. I promised that I would give leadership back to him if he ever returned. I promised never to betray TUBA. Her pulse tapped lightly on her eardrums, heart protesting the decision.
There is no choice here, she told herself firmly, and whispered the oath she’d made to her guild when she’d been promoted again. “I swear by all that I love that I shall never betray or spy on TUBA, that I will lead it as well as I am able, that its members can trust in me, and that I will uphold its values insomuch as I am given the chance to do so. Thus is my truth. So help me Adonalsium.”
I shall never betray TUBA. And saying things like this...I can’t let Deveraux lead TUBA. It would be a betrayal to us and to all of Alleycity.
“I’m against you,” Deteca said calmly, and started reaching for her phone in her back pocket -