Chapter 77

Keenan’s POV

I already had my colleagues treating me as if they did not like me and would rather like to see me go, but it had never really bothered me. Now that I was right-hand man to the king I estimated they would treat me with even more disdain, but I was ready to put up with it.

I deserved a little bit of their reproach as they had all been here before me and I had been elevated just out of the blue, but on the other hand it had taken years of sacrifice and hard training to have the fighting skills that impressed the Alpha to entrust me with such a position.

I had observed Thallus and one thing I had gotten to find out through my dealings with him was that he never did anything without taking time to weigh the decision. He had not employed me right hand in a vacuum or only because he wanted to frustrate Lord Christopher, but because he knew I was deserving of the position.

I had not resumed my training since I had been made right-handed, which