Chapter 353 Who’s In Favor? Who’s Against?

• With every “Patriarch” echoing around the room, the council hall fell so quiet you could hear a pin drop. The air felt like it might freeze solid.
• Edward Raine stood behind his father, Mr. Raine, his brow knotted into a tight crease, fury boiling in his chest. They were ganging up in broad daylight to force a coup. They weren’t leaving his father a single step to retreat.
• Thinking of the warning his father gave him at the door, Edward clenched his jaw and held the rage down.