Agora's pov.
I stared at her face as she seemed fixated on something. What was she staring at?
I turned my head toward where she was looking and saw her father. Of course, I knew her father. He was the one who offered to sell his daughter to me so he could be paid and be among the nobles.
She was staring at him with pain in her eyes. I just scoffed. What was she expecting?
"Let the meeting commence," I declared, waving my staff to the crowd.
They all seemed to pay attention to me, and the gaze to Seraphine seemed to have disappeared. Someone in the crowd raised a hand, signaling he wanted to speak. I raised my staff in permission.
"I think I speak for everyone when I say we are confused as to why this woman is here, standing beside you, in a council meeting meant for men alone,"
