Chapter 9

The whole room fell silent in a second. Beau and I were shocked, having to hear this for the first time. The other representatives kept a straight face, but I could tell they were as scared as everyone in this room was. “Why?” I blurted out before thinking twice, causing everyone to look at us. I was genuinely curious. I held my head high, looking Galam square in the eyes. “What are their intentions?” It took a couple of seconds for Galam to answer. He looked me straight in the eyes and then back at everyone in front of him. “We have something that the Hunters are after, but never in a million years will I give it to them.” In a second, the room was in complete chaos. “What?” A guy with graying hair yelled. “This is just ridiculous,” a woman cried, clutching her three-year-old son to her. “You would put your packs in danger because you refuse to give something up?” Another woman yelled. “Enough,”