"We can't bear the thought of losing you again…"
With those words, Loghlan completely set aside the power and prestige of a baron and spoke to his son as a father. If his son needed time in order to chase after the goals he'd set for himself, then Loghlan would give it, and gladly. If doing so meant that Loghlan had to bear the burden and the blame for whatever happened as a result of their decision today, then he would do that too.
Loghlan couldn't protect his son from every hardship or danger that came his way. Doing so would only stifle him. But there were limits to the risks a man should take, and he was already worried that the path his son had chosen was an extreme one that led to tremendous rewards in exchange for taking even greater risks.
And if Sir Ollie was any indication of the sort of people that Lady Ashlynn valued, then Liam would surely be pushed to his limits and beyond them in the days to come.
