~ RONAN ~
Listening to the council sit there and talk down to Roselle doesn't just make my blood boil... it makes me f*****g livid.
Okay, I expected some resistance. I knew there would be objections, and I came here fully prepared to give them a piece of my mind.
Then Mom's voice suddenly squeal through the gathering murmur.
"Perhaps," she says, her eyes fixed on me. "You should consider Mara instead. She's articulate, well-spoken, and has proven herself quite capable of—"
"No."
The single word falls from my lips like a death knell.
First of all, it's highly questionable what she was doing in Mara's room the day I went looking for her. And if the two of them have been getting along ever since, then I have no idea whatever trifecta of lies Mara has been feeding her.
"Absolutely not.
