"Tell them, Emberg, how you are still alive by this time."
The Queen Mother spoke, her expression commanding. Ariana could feel the intensity of her words—she did not shout, yet her words were more powerful than any raised voice.
The room fell into a heavy silence. Even the seer seemed dumbfounded. This was not what she had expected at all. In fact, today's surprises kept coming, one after another, leaving her completely bewildered. She had no idea what was happening.
What had Lady Emberg done?
Ariana remembered Zavren telling her back in the carriage, when they had gone to visit Lady Emberg, that she was the oldest woman alive in the werewolves' world—something Ariana had found admirable. But now, the look in Zavren's mother's eyes said it all, and the shocked expression on Lady Emberg's face confirmed it.
