Teela's POV
The court has been growing faster than I thought it would. In just over a year, we have gone from just myself to six. There have been no new sons taking over for fathers, so right now we are at a standstill. But I received word that the leader of the Valencia family had taken ill. Rumor is he passed his seat to his oldest child, another "know it all male" who thinks he can run a part of the city. As the family heads file into the meeting location, I clock him. Not easy to miss as he is the youngest male there. Duane, I want to pull my knife out of my bra and through it into his heart just looking at that smug look he has.
As with all meetings, the court sits up front, much like a royal court from the olden days. I sit in the center and am flanked by the others. Rose has no d
