Kael's Pov
The Council Chamber door opened and Elvanya stood there with a small rolled scroll. Thorne and I were still in the middle of the room, tense from our fight about her life. The air was thick with danger and our power games.
I saw the fear in her blue eyes as she looked at us and the room grew quiet. She had clearly heard Thorne demanding her death and calling her the human problem that needed to be erased. She knew the danger she was in from the Beta.
“Your Majesty,” Elvanya whispered. Her voice trembled a little, a small fragile sound in the big room. “I was told to deliver this message from Eldric the High Priest to your hand immediately.”
I took the scroll from her hand quickly. My fingers brushed her skin a little as I took the paper. I felt the sharp pulse of energy
