The Pre-eminent Jason Spectre

Chapter 45

Jason was pacing back and forth in the small, dimly lit room, his face was filled with a mixture of confusion and frustration. He couldn't believe what he had just learned. Derek, of all people, had somehow become one of his disciples. How is that even possible? He wasn't expecting to see any of this, but it just happened.

It wasn't that Jason disliked Derek, but the suddenness of it all was overwhelming.

He knows Derek hasn't fully recovered just yet; he just came back and now this.

With a furrowed brow, he turned to Liam, who sat calmly in the corner of the room, his hands resting casually on his knees.

Without being told, Jason could see he too was tired, he must have used all his energy earlier.

Jason then faced him and said.

“How did this happen, Liam?” Jason's voice was low, barely masking his unease that he doesn't want anyone to understand what he was saying.

“I thought discipleship was a serious bond, not something that could just… happen, but how come this happens?”

Liam