council of elders

"Come on, guys. Enough," Grandma Mildred shouted.

"Denis, meet your aunt Ingrid," Grandma introduced them. Denis didn't have a reasonable opinion of Ingrid. He just nodded in acknowledgment.

"Look at him. Rude," she said, sitting down.

Grandma chuckled under her breath. She knew Denis was doing it deliberately.

"Tomorrow, we are going to the initiation hall. Denis will be initiated as well as introduced to the council," she said

"No way. Why are you rushing?" Ingrid stood up immediately to oppose

"We need to hurry. Things are not as they seem. The enemy is closing in on us," grandma Mildred said to her.

"Even so, he is still an outsider," she blasted in anger, pointing at Denis.

Denis was really getting pissed.