Sohalia was an honest woman, but she had also been a Queen. As Hadama knew from his own experience, one could not lead a country without learning something of politics - which was, in the end, only a longer word for 'lies.'
Or perhaps that was only Torchline that required such maneuvering.
Regardless, she answered readily and Hadama slowly let out the breath that he had been holding, inclining his head in reserved gratitude for her willingness to help fix the problem that Flora had created for them both. And as for Sohalia's place in it? ...He would decide how he would deal with it later, when his emotions were not so unmastered beneath his glacial exterior.
He met her gaze squarely, fingers pressing into the paper as if to grind it between his flesh and bones and the desk beneath. "Do not tell Flora that you delivered this letter to me." A simple request, even if it meant avoiding the Doubletake for a week or two. "If I am to have a chance at saving her, she must not know that I have read it."
Or perhaps that was only Torchline that required such maneuvering.
Regardless, she answered readily and Hadama slowly let out the breath that he had been holding, inclining his head in reserved gratitude for her willingness to help fix the problem that Flora had created for them both. And as for Sohalia's place in it? ...He would decide how he would deal with it later, when his emotions were not so unmastered beneath his glacial exterior.
He met her gaze squarely, fingers pressing into the paper as if to grind it between his flesh and bones and the desk beneath. "Do not tell Flora that you delivered this letter to me." A simple request, even if it meant avoiding the Doubletake for a week or two. "If I am to have a chance at saving her, she must not know that I have read it."
