The Trial - Part 8

Another vote for his execution. Votes from great and powerful men, and thus far, not a single man had properly defended him. Did that not mean that it was over? Already two ministers out of five had voted against him, and the third had sat the process out. Could he really rely on General Tavar to back him, or even Hod? Looking at them both, Oliver didn't think so.

It was such a thoroughly hopeless situation that he couldn't help but smile. It was so terribly wrong, that it couldn't get any worse. He reviewed his actions that evening. Could he have done better? In the lead to his visit to Asabel, he certainly could have… he could have avoided all that worry, if he'd known what sort of person she was. Maybe if he'd dared to trust her a little more, even the situation with the assassin would have developed into something different, perhaps.