Alone In His Father’s Wake (джен)

“Code is the law.” The man says, his deep authoritative voice edged with the softness of age.
The Lords standing slowly sit down in their chairs- well, those who have chairs. They know who the man is, they fear him.
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Elizabeth isn’t oblivious enough to miss obvious familiar ties, nor is she blind enough to see the tense relationship between a son and his father.