Bab 72: Chapter 44: Culprit (5)

Even though William appeared to be casual, he couldn’t hide the uneasiness in his behaviour.

Well, as things progressed, he should have been more uneasy than casual. Why was he even trying to appear casual?

There’s something I need to make sure, before advancing further. Things hadn’t gone this wrong so early in the event a year from now.

Narrowing my eyes at the sorcerer, I walked a couple of steps forward, palms behind my back, gesturing to the others to stay put in their spot. I need to test something out, and to do that I would need both Shailyn’s and Noyar’s support. At least they did not disrupt me until I finished.

William, who was checking out Noyar, returned his one-eyed gaze to me. There were some eccentricities in his eyes. Perhaps surprised at my state, but the light was too dim to make them out anything.

“What happened to your eye?” I asked.