To lose was one thing, and to see the Chancellor stand before him was another. Hands were bound behind his back, thick ropes biting into his skin as he pulled them. Magic elluded him, he would not be able to summon a weapon to aid him. Not that he would get very far if he could, no, it was a foolish decision for him to try.
“Is this a joke to you, Chancellor? Do you relish in the sight of me bound before you, on my knees at your mercy? Take pleasure in it, for one day when I am free, I will take your eyes for looking down at a King in such a way.”