Zique marched to the back of the pack house where the elders stayed and he didn’t even greet them before he started to speak.

There were five of them in total seated on the porch, none of them the one he wanted to speak to. “Where is Elder Jacob?”

“He’s...”

The door to the inside was pulled open, revealing the man Zique came to see. “I’m here.”

“May I have a word?”

The man opened the door wider, his walking stick peeking through even before his head. He didn’t seem scared of Zique despite the a