"Am I worthy?"
Jabari's frown deepened. In all the nations and realms he'd traversed, only the first and second elders of the council could speak to him with such arrogance. But now... a stranger, whose presence he couldn't even detect, was looking down on him.
"If you don't show yourself! I will kill this girl!" he threatened, pointing a finger at Lola. "Attacking an elder is punishable by death!"
"Oh! So you can break others' rules, but no one can break yours?!"
Jabari whipped his head to the side, his eyes narrowing as a woman stepped out from the crowd. It was the same woman whose voice had incited the people earlier.
"You're not the one who attacked him! Tell him to show himself!" Jabari yelled, his patience wearing thin.
"Let me ask you a question," she said calmly, ignoring his outburst.
