He was in constant fear of assassination and distrusted all around him.
Gabe distrusted the Ancient father of the Council as much as he did Darkyn.
As much as she distrusted Wynn, she'd seen the caution in his features, the haunted wisdom of his gaze.
It was not only that he hated and distrusted the boyars, but he was already statesman enough to discern that they could not be fitted into the new order of things which he aimed at introducing.
Liniers was viceroy on the arrival of the news of the crowning of Joseph Bonaparte as king of Spain, but as a Frenchman he was distrusted and was deposed by the adherents of Ferdinand VII.