Bahir sighs and shakes his head. "Listen, Verona, while I respect your decisions and while I know that you're afraid, panicking and rushing into things without much thought will get us all killed, even the kids. You know Marko won't spare them, which is why instead of letting him catch us trying to make a run for it out in the open where he can easily surround and outnumber us, I think it's a far safer idea to keep everyone in a cave where we can't be ambushed. Lavawolf and Shawn - who, I would remind you, you tried to give to them to make them leave you alone and they spat right back in your face, and even after you abandoned him and left him for dead, he still doesn't hate you. He's a bigger man than I would be - have gone to get help from a pack that is supposedly feared by Marko and his men, so we should be fairly safe with them around. Unlike you, I trust Shawn, and while I don't quite trust Marko's son, the bastard did almost kill him. If he's willing to kill his own son, he's insane, which means we're never going to be truly safe until he's dead, which is what I'm planning on doing," he replies with a level and reasoning voice. "The only thing a violent man understands is violence. Marko lives for it. Even after the horrible wounds we gave each other, he won't just give up. I see your point entirely. But that's where my point comes from too. If he won't give up, that means he won't give up. Ever. He doesn't want our territory, he wants us. You think he'll just let us leave? No. Mark my words, Verona, that raptor will die after all that he's put the lot of us through. Especially you."