[ An excuse can be called a cause too quickly, Cullen knows. It makes the phrase precarious, and he would sooner give his word instead. Normally. He trusts everything else here too little to honour such details now. ]
Not without cause, [ he repeats, as much promise as it is warning.
no subject
Not without cause, [ he repeats, as much promise as it is warning.
Then he takes his first step towards the door. ]