As Rain wondered about the situation, he began to suspect a connection between the ambush at the border and the ongoing conflict with the sea folk. Though he couldn't quite pinpoint it, a sense of unease suggested that these two events were somehow intertwined. Rain had a gut feeling that a hidden connection between two incidents existed for quite a while.
The group left the city again to the camp that Rain made and in there, they prepared to take all the information out of him in one way or the other… However, Branden stepped in and stopped them.
"Why, Rhodes?" Branden asked. "I chose you and the others because I thought that my enemies wouldn't be able to find any weaknesses in you all. You don't have a family, so they couldn't use that against you. I don't think that you all could have been bought with money only, so why?"
"My lord… I have no excuses," Rhodes said. "I accept my death."
