“You’re hoping I’ll deal with your Richard problem,” I said. I didn’t bother to keep my voice down; there was far too much chaos for anyone to overhear. “I guarantee you that Richard is going to make his move before you do. When that happens, I’m going to need the Council forces to act on my direction, fast.” “There are certain issues of trust.” “Yes, because up until a few days ago, you and the rest of the Council were trying to kill me, so I killed a bunch of you first. Get over it. If you want this operation to have the slightest chance of working, you’re going to have put that aside.”
