POV: Multiple (new generation characters)

Thea

The Council of Existence filled with arguments the moment I proposed my team.

"Absolutely not," Catherine said, her Ambassador authority making the air heavy. "You're talking about sending children against a cosmic threat. Children!"

"I'm fifteen," I said, trying to keep my voice steady. "Grandma Riley was sixteen when she journeyed through the Void. Mom was younger when the Void War started."

"That was different," Catherine countered. "They had experienced adults leading them."

"Who are all elderly now," I pointed out. "Great-Grandmother Thelma is seventy-seven. Great-Grandfather Xavier can barely fight anymore. You're fifty-eight. No offense, but this threat needs new thinking. Young energy. People...