CHAPTER 114

When you had such a deep dislike for me, it should not come as a surprise that you would find it simple to respond to that. In fact, it should not come as a surprise at all. Rustan started expressing his dissatisfaction with the current circumstances. The thing that he failed to see was that the words he chose to use made the issue a great deal more confusing, which in turn drove him to become even more suspicious of the situation. Because of the intense reaction that he had showed, all of the other people, and Aamon in particular, stared at him with a slightly dubious expression on their faces. This was because of the fact that he had displayed such an excessive reaction. At this point in time, it would appear that Aamon's former reservations about Rustan have begun to resurface, and that these reservations have become significantly more potent than they were in the past. That you did not have any good intentions from the very beginning is something that I have always felt, and it is