Imagine the tone with which he spoke to me. 

If I had nothing to hide I should not be worried.

Back in the day, there had been no council and when one had been put in place, it had been managed by respectable noblemen and not men like Altid who were of common birth. 

“You will regret this; I assure you that you will,” I said bitterly and left the building. 

Before the audit began, there was someone I needed to tell. 

Altid's POV 

I did not need to do much digging. There were lots ...