Denying it wasn't enough when he was playing on a chessboard with so many intelligent people pulling their own strings.
He played his part and looked at the green runed Rapax with a deadpan expression that underlined his confusion. But his mind was already whirling at a thousand miles a second.
Soon, it was likely that his identity would be exposed, and he never thought for a second that it would happen this way.
If he was caught between a rock and a hard place before, right now he might as well have a meteor falling from above as well.
This was a terrible situation caused by the innocent words of a young Rapax.