Death Rite
Sue could read between the lines of Rostam Clawmark's words – it was a trap and a mockery right in front of the warriors and patriarchs from different clans. With the other four high elders behind the one-eyed Patriarch, the five of them imposed the hierarchy of the Red Moon Tournament.
The fighters burst through their whispered words of anger and mockery. One's sentence was worse than the other and no patriarch ever hushed their people for the sake of appearances. In fact, they pretended that everything around them was alright.
Respect was not in their vocabulary, not when it involved a woman and a human at that. Her only claim to her position was the decision of her father the former Patriarch of the Terin Clan and the loyalty from the Legion.