Bellamus did not trust many people. He did not really trust Aramilla either. He knew she felt affection for him (based, he thought, on an interested regard), but he did not believe he was of particular importance to her. She would try to help him because she enjoyed this game and the risk that came with it, and she enjoyed him too. He entertained her, but if he were to task her with anything that might mean sacrificing something she valued, he knew he would face her cold amusement. He could not trust her, but he trusted her subtlety. He had never seen her pour words like wine into the king’s
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