Chapter 121

• Jacob’s POV.
• The council room felt suffocating the second we walked in. We had another council meeting today, and I could tell that they were going to start asking questions about Jenny again. I should have known they won’t relent. No. They were too stubborn to do that. Those stupid, old bastards.
• I could see the eyes of every council member turn toward us, cold and calculating. They were like statues, frozen in time, yet somehow constantly scheming. I had never liked them. They never liked me either, even when I was ruling. And as I stood there, leaning against the wall while Ian took his seat at the head of the table, my jaw clenched tighter by the second.