"Honestly, I don't understand why he's so against this." Ariana complained as the family stalked through the tall grass. The area behind the Corvinus mansion was mostly woods, but farther back were a few meadows that were entirely abandoned by their land-owners.
"He thinks he's protecting Theodore." Melinda explained loud enough so the entire family could hear. "Which in a way, he kinda is."
Theo was about to have an outburst, but Sylvie calmly beat him to it in a much calmer manner. "What do you mean?"
"Well..." Melinda did her best to explain his thoughts lightly. "Theo and Mikel-you're both males, and if you do 'pass the test', not a lot of people are gonna be happy about having a gay-guy on the Council."
"That is true-unfortunately." Emeldia informed the group. She was at the head
