149 The hearing 2

~Noah~

Uncle Sylvester ensured that the proceedings would be broadcast throughout the continent. I noticed Justin, Sophia, Marvin, Layla, Oliver, Elaine, Miles, Sarah, Logan, Henry, Keith Joseph and Caleb, who was Aunty Claudia and Uncle Vino's biological son, were sitting in the booth Dedicated to the North. Uncle Vino's youngest daughter, Irene, was in school, so I didn't expect to see her.

Caleb should be in school, too. He was naughty, so maybe he had been suspended. I wouldn't put it past him. Liam's younger brothers, Joseph and Keith, never attended the meetings, so they were absent.

They all looked eager to get things over with. The other lodges dedicated to the West and South Lords were empty, something I knew would be filled up eventually.

The pledge was recited, and the king decided to speed things up.

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