Chapter 33 Proud Of Me

• Denera
• I sat in stunned silence as my revelation about the attacker caused an uproar in the council meeting. The air was thick with tension as the elders all began to voice their opinions, each one more impassioned than the last. It was easy to learn their names because of how their tables had engraved tabs of who they were.
• All these people were old enough to be my parents and grandparents. I could not possibly even speak up even if my life depended on it.