"How can you be so certain?"

Knowing the tactical advantages and weaknesses of both houses? A smart man would put his money on Felix. Nothing against York or his hawks, just a simple matter of numbers. Equations. Cold, hard facts.

And Felix was motivated. That was the most damning piece yet.

Still, he wished it. He bent to that touch, closed his eyes, his jaw tightening. "I would not see you lose yourself to this. I...I am not worth it."