But then he'd heard Zephyrion reveal that he already knew Malach was being assisted by his House Commander, and everything had fallen into place.
"Malach knew the code you gave me. A code only you and I were supposed to know. So someone on our side was feeding him information, someone besides their House Commander. And if you already knew about the House Commander… then knowing you, there was no fucking way you didn't suspect the other one too."
Zephyrion remained silent.
"You knew someone was watching us. That's why you made sure to say all that shit out loud before I left. That's why you secretly shoved that metal into my shoulder and didn't tell me a damn thing about it."
Kaiden stared directly into his eyes.
"You knew I was walking into a trap, Zephyrion. Hell, you were counting on me getting caught."
"…"
