Xavier sat down, giving Orlork a moment of his time before he would go back to Selene.
"What is the meaning of this? You called upon all of them and you were going to call his wife here? The Blackthorns have not accepted her yet," Nathaniel argued.
"They certainly won't when you are behaving this way. Sit, Nathaniel. You are the one who needs to hear what I say the most. Sit, before I force you into a chair," Orlork warned.
Jasper worried his master was pushing himself too much when he had not long woken up. Why did Nathaniel need to be so stubborn?
Nathaniel avoided his siblings and son's gaze as he sat down. He had been doing well for his father and many of the relatives agreed with him about Xavier's marriage only for his father to be like this.
