The Council meeting had given Declan a short distraction from Layana. Having spent the three-hour meeting filling in the council of ten high ranking nobles at the king's table of everything that had gone on at the border to the forbidden lands. From the dead livestock and other odd occurrences. Currently they had no idea what was linked to the dark lord and what was not.
The king had shared the letter of the general too. Despite some of the council members being a little doubtful of the claims in it, the majority ruled they had to play it safe.
One thing that was crystal clear was that none of the council liked him. The hostility was clear, but it didn’t bother Declan.
After the council meeting, Declan and Aren had been invited to dinner with the royals. Much to Declan's annoyance, A
