Cruel Daylight

"No. My people do not fear me. They respect me. It is the others who fear me, the ones who live outside of my walls. They remain under my rule, but know nothing of loyalty or the lengths my people go to for them." He sounded so sure, that I wanted to shrink away until I was absorbed by the cushion behind me and disappeared.

I didn't know what to say, needing to discuss last night, but not wanting