Noel cleared his throat. He had been watching silently all this while, but it seemed like things were getting out of hand. "Can we calm down? We need all hands on deck to make this work."
Helena exhaled from her mouth and said, "It seems you have been harboring this thought in your heart for a long time."
"I chose to tell you today because I have headaches thinking about what I should do. Be kind to me and not add to it," Darian said as he turned away.
Noel was behind him. When Darian entered his room, Noel did also. He said, "I thought today was about making allies. Why did you say all those things to Helena?"
Darian sat on his bed and put his sword on his bed, beside his pillow. "I want the person I am planning to work with to know her place. Imagine her putting up that horrible atti
