The meeting of Yecine elders continued…
"You say you want to use her fame. Do you believe you can still direct her actions? After she's defied your guidance at every turn these last four years?"
"Not through direct command. For I refuse to hide my opinion of my own daughter in an effort to trick her into this. Nor would she believe I've had a change of heart. But through carefully constructed circumstances, I think we can succeed."
"What do you propose?"
The man's lips curved, ever so slightly, into the *barest* smile. That they were following him so far gave him plenty of satisfaction - especially after, like they claim about his own first child…
'They had refused to follow my simple guidance about the witch's danger.'
