Carl looked down for a while remaining quiet. He raised his head and met her gaze.
"I did not kill anyone," he told her with his voice calm and gentle. He actually now looked like the young youth he truly was not the older young man he acts like half of the time.
"Then how did you make that possible. It is weird enough that you are not even eighteen yet but you scored yourself a post in the Royal council."
"Even if I killed them, I did nothing wrong. They killed my mother, especially that devious old woman who has made me feel worthless more times than I have ever felt useful," Carl said seriously. It was easy to see the hurt and pain in his eyes.
"I know you are hurt but what you did to them is what I want to know right now," Rose did not allow him to successfully use the victim card.
