“Oh…” my voice shook as I said. “I didn’t know you had company. I’ll just come back later.”
They all looked at with intimidating gazes and looked like they were going to swallow me for interrupting them.
“It’s good that you’re here. We were just talking about you.” Someone said.
There were about five other people in the room excluding Blake who was standing behind Gideon who looked really pissed. The rest of them were elders I’d met only once. The day after our wedding, Gideon had taken me to see them.
They’d given me skeptical looks at that time, judging my abilities, wondering how long I’d last which was understandable but right now, it felt different.
They were looking at me like a thorn they needed to pluck out.
I walked towards them and one of the elders, a woman, hissed at me
