Karren’s POV
After seeing the beast couldn't be defeated with our mere strength.. I called a meeting with the council.. I had to find a way to save my people before the creature would destroy us all..
My boots echoed off the marble floor as I stepped inside the throne room, the sound cutting through the hushed murmurs of the gathered elders. They were all seated in a semi-circle beneath the crest of the realm.
They’d been talking before I arrived.
They had already been told about the creature..
I could see it in the way their voices fell silent all at once, in the way Elder Varn leaned back in his chair with that smug little twist to his mouth. Elder Mora, seated two places to his left, was the only one whose expression didn’t change. She was calm, unreadable, but her sharp eyes track
