Vexarius clenched his jaw, saying nothing.
"To protect the people of the human domain," Oberon continued. "And now, our apex is doing the exact same thing. So why do you resist?"
"Don't compare me to that selfish brat!" Vexarius snapped. "You're forgetting, he's the one who brought all this chaos to our doorstep! Why did he have to kill the Dimensari and Dragon race apexes?!"
Oberon narrowed his eyes. "Was I not speaking in a language you understood? They betrayed the alliance. They attacked the military camp. If not for Atticus, our descendants would all be dead."
"Still…" Vexarius growled through clenched teeth.
"None of that matters anymore," Oberon said. "What matters is now. He's trying to save the human domain. And you resist? Do you honestly think you can save it yourself? Or is your pride, your ego, worth more than the billions of lives that call this place home?"
Those words struck deep. Too deep.
Vexarius's trembling stopped.
