Alston stared at her, his own power making his skin glow slightly. After several heartbeats, he stepped back, though he didn’t look away from her. He was not conceding defeat, Myanin knew that immediately. Alston was not prey. If he’d been a wolf, he’d have been an alpha. He was simply picking his battles.
“If you are still on the fence about things…” He glanced at Ludcarab as if making a point that the elf king had failed in bringing her on board. So there was a power struggle within the Order. “Then let us discuss where we are at this point and where we would like to be.”
“I think that’s a great idea,” Sincaro said as he, too, looked at the elf king. “Ludcarab, would you like to fill her in on the recent victory?”
“Do you think that wise?” Cain asked. “She’s not a leader in this,”
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