Chapter 64

Corinna put her hand on her shoulder. “Bravo.”

Fordham stepped up to her side and then Aurora, surprisingly followed by Roake and Noda. They might have argued against her in the cave, but they were one now. She could feel Tieran’s presence heavy behind her. And she no longer felt alone.

“We still need to convene a council meeting to discuss this,” Lorian grumbled.

“I believe we have a majority present,” Helly said with a coy smile.

“That is not decorum.”

“Neither are the circumstances,” Bastian said, striding to Helly’s side. “I call for a vote on the matter of Maya’s entrance into the Society.”

“All in favor?” Helly said.

Maya’s heart caught in her throat as she counted the hands raised in the air. Half. It was at least half. She kept counting—nine, ten, eleven, twelve. Oh gods! Almost everyone.

“Those opposed?” Helly called out.

Lorian shot his hand up, and four others slowly raised their hands as well. Maya memorized their faces. The council members—Masters Roldan and Dowde and Mis