Guilty Pleasure

"Iliana."

Iliana stopped in her tracks, prompting Basil to do the same, as Margaret called her. Turning around with a quirked eyebrow, she asked what Margaret wanted with her gaze.

"Once you got Basil to know every part of our village, I need you to meet us here. We have something important to talk about with you." Margaret then turned to Basil. "I don't think you find the idea of becoming the Pacifer's Patriarch pleasant yet. Still, you don't need to become one to know what we are going to talk about."

Basil merely nodded his head and said nothing. Margaret smiled wryly at how casually Basil reacted to that. She had an inkling that he already figured out what they would talk about with Iliana. Regardless of who he was, it was mindboggling.