100 Trusting him because he was a soldier

Perdio 

Or accessing him to know if he was useful. 

It was a wild guess that Cole had promptly thought of because of how Liana was glancing hesitantly at him, but little did he know that Liana was thinking twice about whether she could trust him or not. 

She knew that aside from him being her arranged husband, he was also her mate, but it didn't change the fact that he was a savage werewolf and one of the Black Brothers. 

Liana didn't know much about the Black Brothers aside from the fact that the eldest Brother had overthrown an Alpha, taken control of his pack, and transformed it into a smaller kingdom, just so he could be referred to as a King since he wasn't an Alpha. She also knew that werewolves of the West Region couldn't be trusted unless they shared a common goal with you.