"You both listened in on the discussion I had with my father, did you not". Mikeal enquired as he made his way back to the northern palace with Dustin and Ivanna.
"Forgive us my lord. It was not our intention to eavesdrop on your conversation with your father".
Dustin felt awkward about how it had turned out, he could only start to imagine how Mikeal felt about it.
"It is fine Dustin. You do not have to be considerate of me, I am fine".
He requires no pity from the outcome. Mikeal is also not disappointed to know that Dustin and Ivanna are in the loop. Things like that mean nothing to him... Nothing!
"Now you both know why you need to be careful with your actions in the capital?! There a lot who reject me and another lot who want me dead. Don't give them a reason to soil my name in the mud".
He is setting up a game of the brains. To have things go his way, he needs his allies to compose themselves through the whole time here.
