Morgan POV

The council chamber was cold and, for the first time since I lost my parents on that dreadful day, I wished my father was still alive, showing me the way and telling me what to do and which step to take at this point in my life. 

It's been three days since I found out I was going to be a father. Now here I was in the council of elders, their eyes watching and judging what they knew nothing about.

I stood at the center of the room. The same one where war strategies had been drawn, ...