As Malakai followed farther behind Grunde toward the direction of the Murkroot Hollow, his mind had long since begun spinning.
'Is he some spy?'
There were a lot of thoughts swirling in his head. Earlier today, Malakai had seen Grunde lead them through a secret passage and then hold back against the Gor'Mekhai. Numerous ssumptions had begun to form.
'He's working for the Gor'Mekhai.' That was what he believed was most likely, given everything.
The other possibility was that Grunde was a spy for someone inside the Murkroot Hollow, but Malakai found that less likely.
'I'm not so sure of the first one either.' His impression of Grunde was that he was a simple man, both in mind and personality.
Not the type of mastermind spy that could deceive someone like Rhett, a Bloom, and someone as perceptive as Laila for years. Malakai just couldn't imagine this big hunk of a man as a spy, no matter how hard he tried.
