Chương 85: Dulcet and Duplicitous - Part 12

"What prompted this discussion? Of suicide? What has that blabbering man divulged to you, Ilysian?"

Cele's skin horripilated in shock. He was expecting some push back - the topic of self-mutilation seemed to be one that the prince would certainly find some sort of fault in, especially if the notion came from the general's own mouth - but... this response?

It was hostile, umbrageous. Unsettling, to say the very least. Surely what Rudolf said couldn't have been true. Heiko did not seem so desperate for respite. Revenge, perhaps, but not peace, not yet.

"Why are you so defensive?" Cele questioned sharply. "If there is no truth in it, then take offense, but not my throat."