That Wasn't The Way

Maverick's POV

I knew, without being told what the elders were capable of doing, still I wanted to be sure. I don't want to dwell on baseless accusations no matter whom it was bringing the information. I wanted more ... more to trap them.

There had to be some iota of truth in what he had said, I must admit. Loren was my closest friend, and I could tell the kind of person hw was without blinking. I could tell too how he hates a life where he would be threatened even in the simplest form or action. He could sense from afar a traitor, without proof.

But then that wasn't the way things are done.

Loren was the type that made sure to let the entire creations know what he had done and it even got worse if he thought of it as an impossible feat. It's worse when it relates to ownership. Hence, the reason he had presented Tamara before us all. To show us who she was to him.

But if I followed with Loren's kind of description of what had happened, and also with the little things I could pick u