As he entered the room, where his father had held council so many times before, Ethan took in the presence of everyone around the table. Only Edith and Jackson was missing. He could already see from the looks of those, that some whispers of news had leaked out, even though he had ordered silence on his men regarding the attack. He also noticed that there was a few who looked quite discomforted by the absence of his father and the others
Taking his stand at his father’s old place, Marcus took to standing behind him as was the norm for the guard. Before taking a seat though, Ethan gestured Algernon to step closer and indicated him to take the seat for his right-hand man. A few audible gasps could be heard combined with angry hisses and intakes of breaths. Instead, Ethan pointedly ignored th
