837 Show's Over

Reiko paused as the crowd turned to see what the Coven Leader's husbands had to say for themselves, and one of them reluctantly got to his feet and came up to the podium. Wolfe guessed that he was afraid of what Reiko would do to him if he didn't speak up against the misconceptions, but whatever his motivation was, he at least got up to speak.

"Hello everyone. As you may know, I am the fourth son of the Cordon family, and one of ten chosen to be wed to the new Coven Leader as a peace offering by our families to rebuild the structure that the rebellion had shattered.

Now, I knew going in that this was not a love match, and nobody should have expected it to be. But the Coven Leader's traditional home is a lovely one, and with the duties of the Consort spread between ten of us, the workload is really quite low.