CHAPTER 174 Romantical

  ~ CASIMIR ~

   'Not, er, righteous?' I sent carefully. 'How so?'

  'He… he goes to the church and appears just like they do and as I would expect the King's Cleric to behave- careful with his words, clean, kind, righteous in his manner. Then… then he goes to deal with the humans you sent him to and he is… aggressive. Dark. Cunning. The difference is quite stark and I just… I wasn't sure that you knew. This hypocrisy… I worried he might be deceiving you.'

  I had to fight to keep my face expressionless. 'You've seen this with your own eyes?'

  'Yes. He calls me in to help him- the humans he's dealing with know of the wolves. He says he needs other wolves to be around to prove that he has sway. So he calls me in to run messages, but also to do small jobs for him. He always pays me, but… the difference in his attitude and the way he carries himself with them is… disturbing.'

  'But he let you see it? He isn't hiding his behavior from you?'