Confidently, the man walks down the passageway until he stands in front of the stage.

I can't see him very well, Eric blocks my view of the audience. I know he does it deliberately to shield me from my family. The Royal family fears that my parents' emotional outbursts may persuade me to go with them, leaving the Kingdom.

Again it is silent, you can hear a pin drop in the hall.

"I know you. You are Alpha Esis of the Midnight Moon pack," the Council president states in amazement. "Tell Alpha, what do you know about this case and what is your part?" he asks formally.

Esis! I can't...