“You don’t think everyone in the Domiri clan is happy to have you as their member? There are quite a lot of purists in the military. They would never go against you while you were in Asha’s household, but now you’re fair game.”
“Then why didn’t Asha keep us in his house?”
“To protect himself from a challenge from them?”
“I don’t think that’s true at all,” Thayu said.
“So you don’t think certain sections of the Palayi clan are pressuring Asha to back away from our association? Because that is happening.”
“Asha made the decision. He is the leader.”
Nicha and Thayu glared at each other across the table. It was hard to imagine they were talking about their father.
My head hurt. Too many people could have sent this warning party.
We were spared further arguments when Sheydu, Reida, Deyu
