Fighting for survival

A man knocked on the duke's office door.

Theron opened it and a junior councilman stepped inside. It was before he and Lemiel could leave. The junior councilman stood before the duke's desk and offered him a bow.

"Duke Lemiel, the chancellor is requesting for your presence in the meeting room."

Lemiel raised an eyebrow. He was about to leave the council's building to pay Mr. Lowe a visit, but it seemed the new chancellor had been working diligently, handling the cases the former chancellor had left undone. Now he had to delay his visit to the traitor and meet the werewolf.

He nodded to the junior councilman, then turned to Theron, "Let's postpone our visit to Mr. Lowe. We cannot have the new chancellor waiting, can we? That would be rude."