RONAN'S POV

The court hearing was scheduled for Friday morning. Three days after the vote. Three days to prepare our defense.

My father hired the best lawyers money could buy. A team of five. All specialists in family law and Omega rights. They worked around the clock building our case.

Thursday night, we met with them in a conference room off campus. Too many reporters at the Academy. Too much attention. We needed privacy.

"Marcus Caelum's argument is simple," the lead lawyer explained. ...