Someone had hired him. But who? Her father? Her aunt? This bit of information was one she highly doubted she would be able to extract from him, and quite frankly she did not want to find out. And apparently, she was a traitor. That certainly sounded like a term her father would use, but why now after all these years? Emiri quickly erased most of those thoughts. The past was not something she needed to think about, not in her current situation. At the very least, she now knew why he was after her. If only she still had access to her family funds, she could've maybe bribed him to look the other way, but it was too late now.

She didn't have a choice. She had to act. 

At this point Emiri shook her head at him, though it was more to clear her own nerves. "[b][color=f6989d]I do not know what you've been told, but one thing I can assure you is that I'm no traitor.[/color][/b]" She spoke briskly, and by now, her sword was within her reach--though surely he too would have noticed by now. "[b][color=f6989d]Believe it or not, I wish not to inconvenience you. In fact, I do wish you'd simply turn the other cheek--you know not what you're getting yourself involved in. Rest assured, should you hand me over to whoever it is that hired you, you will regret it.[/color][/b]"