The decision

Julia was taken aback by Max's demands. It wasn't that Max was demanding something unreasonable, as the right to succession was a fundamental right of any clan in securing their future.

However, by denying the Caesar clan a seat at the lord position Max was also depriving them of the opportunity to ever come back to the forefront as one of the strongest vampire clans.

Giving up the right to succession meant that despite the workings of the inner council, the Bloodfall clan would forever remain the ruling clan while the Caesar clan would be a subsidiary.

When Julia initially suggested that there be an open and fair voting on the next successor, she was secretly hoping that when that time came the Caesar clan would have enough influence within the Bloodfall halls to appoint one of their own as the leader, effectively cutting off the Bloodfall reign with Max.

However, Max proved to be too shrewd to fall for such tricks.