C44 A sleeping wild boar.

ZADOK

“You don’t trust me,” I said after a long silence.

Ithra didn’t budge - confirming my assumptions.

I let out a brief laugh, “After everything? I told you all there is to know about me, and you still don’t trust me enough to continue the journey with me?”

My tone was bitter. Because worse than turning me down, I hated not being trusted