Chapter 5
MATLOCK SUDDENLY PULLED his wand out and held it in the air like a conductor. His gaze was fierce as he looked at the Council members who had defied him.
Even I found myself taking a step back from him and giving him some much-needed space, afraid he was going to turn that wrath onto me.
“You have all proven untrustworthy,” he began, his voice thunderous. “Treasonous, arrogant, and cruel. We have shown you that neither Ava, nor myself, ever committed treason against the Council. At the very most, I... had a love affair as a young man that would have been frowned upon, but permitted. As many of the men, and women in this room know.”
He looked from one person to the other, and although he didn’t say anything specific to any of them, I knew that each witch or warlock understood
