"I didn't expect you to do this, of all people!" the matriarch shouted at him and stomped her cane. "My place will be yours once I pass away, why must you do this?!"
"I told you to leave Adelaide alone, didn't I?" he asked with a blank expression in his face. "This will be my final warning."
"Are you challenging my authority, Damien?!" the matriarch asked him with her eyes piercing his every inch.
"I am not," he said, "I am just telling you that age has made you naive, grandmother."
"How dare you!"
"Matriarch!" and they had to stand up to stop her. Both their loyal armed men were behind and had stood still on their backs. They are alert, anticipating what would happen any second now. They have been waiting for orders... whether to defend their masters or to attack them.
"Take that bo
