The advisors badmouthing me haven’t seen me yet, hidden as I am behind the brush.
Their words sting me, but they aren’t anything that I haven’t heard before. The advisors might have the king’s ear, but they’ve never been kind to me. So I’m not particularly alarmed by thing insults, more annoyed by the blatant disrespect to Caleb, who has chosen to favor me.
Caleb wouldn’t likely take kindly to these callous remarks against me. No matter what they might plan, there is no way that Caleb would ever cut me out of his life. If he was going to do that, he would have done so by now.
He wouldn’t be pushing back so hard against Annabelle to ensure that I stay around.
So I’m able to brush off most of their words without too much trouble. What stays with me, however, are the things they are say
