The emergency council gathered again after three days on the request of Darius. But this time, it wasn't just the five kings, representatives from each territory had been summoned. There were elders, military commanders, and spiritual leaders present with the chamber packed with hundreds of witnesses.
Nyx stood in the center again, but this time she was wearing formal clothes, a leather armor in lion clan colors, which Raziel had given her.
"This is not acceptable." Korran rumbled. "We don't usually involve the councils in trial matters."
"This isn't just about trials anymore," Darius replied coldly. "This is about whether we allow a hybrid to exist in the Beastworld because that affects every clan, and bloodline."
Raziel got angry but he didn't argue. Darius had trapped him politically, if Raziel opposed council involvement, he'd look like a tyrant protecting his lover? Asset? No one knew what Nyx was to him, and that made everything more complicated.
