MAXIMUS:
With the war pressing on us, I had to call for a meeting with the elders to hear their own take and advice on the matter. All of them have been seated in the meeting hall for almost thirty minutes and all they've been doing is just pure murmur.
“I called for a meeting with my council and not with women. Is it supposed to be a whisper arena or a table for men,” I said out loud, angrily hitting my hand on the arm-rest of my chair.
Silence was restored and one of the council members stood up. He bowed slightly then began.
“…Alpha, without the Crescent's backing, the war will bring us down. Marrying their daughter is an assurance for support. The people already whisper her name as Luna—”
I cut the elder off with a growl,
“I do not bend to whispers nor rumors, I do not marry be
