"What does this even mean?" Lara returned to put a serious look on her face, "and why are you here in the first place?"
"I invited him," Larry said, "after all, you are going to leave the family and city in the upcoming days. We need someone capable, someone we all trust, so he can lead us when you are absent."
"..." Lara didn't speak, turned at once towards Stark. The latter seemed a bit startled by what was going on here. And without the need to ask anything, it seemed a grand scheme was going on here.
"It's not against the family's rules," Larry evilly smirked, "the elder council alongside the consultants can appoint a temporary leader when the leader is absent for any reason."
"That's why you invited the consultant members as well?!" Lara moved her eyes around, looking at all the faces who were attending this meeting as if they were just traitors.