I Like Your Eyes - Part 1

Briceus could have guessed that every other person had bought Zeke's report which stated that an assassin had been the one to start up a fire in his bedroom while he slept.

But this man who happened to be the Grand Duke was presently playing his role as a rather smart Wiz for insisting on a different matter being the cause of that night's scare. 

As such his words just now had caused Briceus to stay puzzled seeing as he did not expect anyone else to have an inkling about what he knows. 

"Grand Duke… " the man focused his attention on the King, "What nonsense are you saying about a part of me being the actual cause of the fire in my bedroom that night!?"

Briceus asked in a stout tone that portrayed his demand for an immediate explanation from Borlach. 

The Grand Duke tilted his head to cause his siver-greyed eyes to stay on the horizon instead.