CHAPTER TWELVE
ELOWYNNE
His reply sent a blast of anger rippling from every corner of my being but I remained calm. What message would that send to them if my response to an intentional insult was retaliating?
The past years had taught me how to suppress unnecessary rage and still remain relaxed.
“Then so applies to you.” I said with the same calmness he had used. “But whoever that's behind these attacks wouldn't mind who's in charge before they attack again. Let's plan, civilly.” I took two steps back and stood directly beside Elder Caius, a little gesture of mine I used whenever I left the floor open for others to speak.
Neither side moved immediately. There was a brief, loaded pause — the kind that happens when two groups of people who have spent years being told to hate each othe
