" The invaders might come to Hessa,” Isae said. “Looking for me. We should leave as soon as possible and find Ori.”
“‘We’?” he said. “I’m not taking the chancellor of Thuvhe to Ryzek Noavek, not with my fate as it is. That would really make me a traitor.”
She eyed his marked arm. “If you aren’t already.”
“Oh, shut up,” he snapped. She raised her eyebrows, but he went on. “You think you know exactly how I’ll meet my fate? You think you know what it means, better than I do?”
“You claim to be loyal to Thuvhe, but you tell its chancellor to ‘shut up’?” There was a note of humor in her voice.
“No, I told the woman in my kitchen asking for one hell of a favor to shut up,” he said. “I would never disrespect my chancellor that way, Your Highness. "

― Veronica Roth , Carve the Mark (Carve the Mark, #1)