#Chapter 141: Don’t Fear, My Daughter

Zarek’s POV

“Why,” I say through gritted teeth, while trying to maintain some sense of my composure which was quickly slipping away, “would you ever do that?”

With the secret out, the other elders seem more willing to speak openly with me. Some stay to the back, looking embarrassed and ashamed. The bolder ones step forward, though even they carry the same shame now. Only the head elder seems entir