André POV

All the council members had left, and only Doran and I remained. He sat beside me, and I turned my attention to him.

"Well, that went better than I expected. I actually thought that the council was going to go berserk on you."

I chuckled.

"They all seem to have a lot of respect for Fentris and follow whatever that bastard tells them. Now that he has been exposed, they think more sensibly."

We laughed at Fentris's expression when everyone heard that he had brought Nicole ...