Victor POV

I let my aura flow towards Soren so that he calms down because Ghost is right and Soren hates it when he's challenged. No matter who it was.

"You're right, Ghost," I said before Soren could say anything. "We really need to decide on the next in command. A lot of decisions have been put on the back burner by all the situations we've been through."

Ayla is feeling guilty because she knows that Ghost only did what we asked, and she thinks she could have done more to help him.

"But this isn't the place for something like that. I'll arrange a meeting in the afternoon with...