Chapter 462 - I have my reasons

It took another moment for everyone to calm down.

Emma and Emily wiped away their tears, while Emma's face became filled with determination, and Emily's with righteous fury and bloodlust. At the same time, Astrid snarled, but still took her eyes off Erik, to look at Elora instead. Her face was filled with grim resolve, which was only barely winning over the simmering rage beneath.

Meanwhile, Naeku, Seraphina, Nora, and Anne all turned to her with similar expressions of grim determination and resolve.

"You're right, Elora," Astrid nodded seriously. "So what's the plan?"

Everyone waited for Elora's orders. As Erik's first wife and the matriarch of their family, none of them objected to Elora taking the lead. Not only did they know it was what Erik would have wanted, but they also recognized her as their leader in his absence. She'd always been the strategist in their family.