Sienna's humor vanished. "Need not know? My relatives arrived here starving, with nothing but clothes off their backs. My brother and I were suddenly pulled into this mess that we didn't ask for because we were not raised by Paris Rocland. My mother is raising two girls because their mother ran off and dumped them on her. I demand an answer."
The elders exchanged uneasy glances. One muttered, "It was treachery, that is all you need to know."
Another whispered, "It was not just treachery, it was forbidden."
"Silence!" A third squawked.
Sienna stared at the falcon lord, hardening her voice. "You cannot expect my taxes, my loyalty and my brother just like that. I am not a falcon beast man. I don't care what your tribe has to offer me. You can tell the world that I am from an expelled family, I don't care.
And you know why I don't care? It's because I am human.
