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Something Akin to Fear
Chapter Five
The Counsel vs. Kavash
"The counsel should not let Lord Kavash's blatant disregard for the laws to go unpunished! He deliberately disobeyed the Counsel and therefore should be looked upon as a criminal!"
The shady faced man speaks loudly, gruffly addressing the five people sitting in front of him while waving frantically behind him at a calm Kavash who merely has a brow arched at the others' words.
The man quiets down instantly, cowering as a velvety voice fills the room with its presence. "Lord Kavash, what say you to these accusations? Be wise when you choose your words." The five shift slightly, as if one, hooded faces turning his way to await his answer.
Lord Kavash does not stand, does not cower like the other man, and does not back down from the spoken challenge. He does not consider his words wisely; he does not make his voice tilt as if he cares. As boredly as he had spoken to his friend, he speaks now to the counsel members, but not before giving a not so polite yawn.
"I needed an heir. She seemed strong enough for it." There is a mumble from the shadows surrounding his little chair, and a few startled female gasps. One of the counsel members rises to his feet, palms slapping against the table that she sits at.
"You changed a human woman to bare your heir? That is positively unacceptable! There are plenty of females of your own kind that would be strong enough to bare you an honorable child! A strong and honorable child! What do you expect to gain by having a child by this… this whore of a human changed?"
The counsel member who had spoken seeped out waves of anger strongly in the room, the shadows of people shrinking away from it.
But his anger does not match the anger that Kavash feels as his eyes finally raise up to peer directly into the hood of the counsel member, his boiling red eyes overtaking those of the fiery burgundy of the elder. Quickly everyone begins to shift towards the closed doors as Kavash stands, powerful energy rolling off of him and overtaking the energy of the counsel, the five of them shifting again in nervousness.
"Please refrain from calling her a whore. She was not changed to bare me an heir, you pompous fool, but was changed to be my heir. If anyone has a problem with this, you'd best keep it to yourself, thank you."
There is silence, and then the dark faced man hisses in outrage, advancing on Kavash as he yells at the top of his lungs.
"How dare you speak to the counsel as you have? You should be begging for their mercy and your life! They will surely kill you now for your disrespect! You are-"
"Back away now, or lose your life." Kavash says softly, glowing eyes pinning the man as he falters in his steps. He looks desperately to the counsel members, the one who had spoken already have taken his seat. It is a different, even softer voice that speaks now, though still obviously male and a tad bit shaken.
"I do not see the problem in him changing a human for his heir, as long as he is not siring heirs from her…"
The voice from before, when the inquisition began, slithers out smoothly again. "I agree. Nowhere in the laws does it say he cannot have a changed heir…"
The angered voice cuts in, still furious and wanting to get in his words as well. "It is his choice if he wishes to have a weakened, changed heir. He can-"
"Do as he wishes." A new male voice pipes in, more cheerful than the others, before another new one finishes the verdict. It is sad sounding….ultimately depressed. "He shall be allowed to continue on without punishment. The counsel has spoken."
And with a smug look, Kavash offers a mock bow, strolling off with the crowd of shadowed hoods parting like the red sea.
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I know I know, really short and boring, but I have to get the facts in so you're not all like, BLEH, WHATS GOING ON? Know what I mean? Of course you do. I do. Hope you liked it. Tell me what you think.
