Observe him for now

Yasmine hurried after Angelina, her footsteps echoing down the hall, leaving the rest of the council in a pregnant silence.

Each of the witches was lost in their own thoughts, the weight of what had just transpired pressing down on them. Angelina's unwavering defence of Jaegar had revealed a side of her they had never seen before—a side that was both powerful and dangerous.

After a long pause, it was Griselda, the rational and level-headed one, who finally spoke, her voice cutting through the thick atmosphere. "Are we just going to let them leave like that?" she asked, her eyes narrowing. "We can't be certain about the boy. The flame... it possesses great danger in the hands of that boy."

The others snapped out of their daze, each of them nodding in agreement.