"Everyone knows who you are and the power you possess," Nyella said. "Do you think they don't want to control that power? Especially these vicious men who have already tasted a little of it. Power is a hunger that only grows. Today they fight beside us, but tomorrow, when the Hydra is gone and the enemy no longer binds us together, they will turn their eyes on you. And on what you have."
"As we hope to win this war, begin to prepare yourself for the next to come," she went on. "And sadly, it is those you fight with now that you will end up fighting against."
"I want to disagree with you," Aeron admitted slowly. "I want to with everything in me. But I cannot. You know more of these games than I do, and I feel you may be right. Sometimes the actions of King Rollo make me suspect something is amiss. The way he behaves around me… too lenient, too kind, almost as if he hides another face. It makes me uneasy."
