CHAPTER 171
General Nerida rose from her seat, the steel in her voice cutting through the council hall like a blade. "Why did you hide her, King Ezekiel?" She asked, gaze locked on him with sharpness of a seasoned assassin from under the seas. "Was it because she's a hybrid like you—or is there something else you're not telling us?"
The room stilled. Eyes turned to the Wolf King once more.
"Is she worth all this secrecy?" Nerida continued. Her silver spear with intricate design of a sea snake that wrapped its body was shining under the chandelier. "You blinded this council, withheld her existence, knowing full well what the word 'hybrid' would stir among us. And now, the clans are rattled. The hunters have caught wind of her. Tensions are rising across the countries where kingdoms and races live even under the seas. So, tell me—how do you intend to answer for the blood that might spill because of your silence?"
