#Chapter 94: You Didn’t Trust Me

After the confrontation with Mark, I expected to be approached by Nicholas, so I wasn’t shocked when he called me away from the dining room at lunchtime to speak with me privately. He started walking away from the dining room and I fell in step beside him. Eventually, in an empty hallway, he turned to face me. A frown was firm on his face. “Mark told me that you and Julian started investigating the underground organization again, despite my explicit instruction not to.” “That’s correct,” I said. Maybe I should have denied it. I knew Nicholas only had my best interest at heart, but that didn’t mean I could roll over to his every whim. He didn’t know all the facts. Maybe it was time I told him the full truth, I wasn’t sure. My answer made Nicholas’s face even more severe. This, I imagined, was the face he used to look down those that opposed him politically. It would be intimidating, if I had even an inkling of fear against him. “You have to stop, Piper. You must give this up and le