Jude POV
How Daxius could still stand upright and not cower under the long table or sink into the floor, Jude had no idea. Maybe the man had more strength than Jude thought. He smelled guilty.
Lilia clung to her mother for support and to protect her. “Well? What do you have to say for yourself?”
Dane snarled, “This had better be good, wizard.”
The other Crestas and Sinsworths howled in agreement.
Daxius held up his hands. “Ravyn, you always did things on your own exactly as you wanted.”
The Crestas all howled, outraged, and Jude stammered, “I meant no disrespect–”
“Then what DID you mean, Daxius?” Ravyn’s lips were white.
“Only that it was never any secret who the real power in our marriage was, and who made all the decisions,” Daxius said bluntly.
The Crestas all smelled outrage
