Voren and Damon knew they couldn't openly defend Seraphine right now. That would only make everyone suspicious and blow their whole careful plan.
For the moment, Kael and Corvine had stepped up as her strongest shields, and Voren wasn't about to lose that edge.
If he ordered Kael to back down, Seraphine would lose one of the few people brave enough to stand up for her. Athaliah was already fighting hard, but Voren wanted even more voices on her side.
She was carrying his pup, and he knew that even if Seraphine felt, sick, tired, or overwhelmed right now, she wouldn't show even the tiniest bit of weakness.
She'll keep everything locked behind that calm, unbreakable face until she could get the revenge, she'd worked so damn hard for. If that was how she wanted to fight this battle, then he would make absolutely sure she never had to fight it alone.
