DRAVEN’S POV:
It killed me to pronounce death on her, but it was either that, or I get dethroned and accused of having a hand in my daughter’s death. I stormed out of the council room into my room and Ragner followed me.
“You’re not actually going to execute her, are you?” he slammed the door behind him.
I turned and stared at him. “Do we do anything outside the council room pronouncements?” I probed.
“You have to be joking,” Ragner was visibly pissed. “She’s here on a one-year contract. You and I know she did not kill Ella. The least you can do if you no longer want her is to send her away, not execute her.”
His tone was rising. I recognized that voice. The one that was not speaking as Beta, but as friends who had grown up together and knew every little detail about each other.
“You
