“There isn’t a single member of this council who would vote against the possibility of saving our people in a way we have fought for, for years.” She turned back to my father, and she didn’t look away from him as she said the next words. “And if Camellia were here, she would remind you that our children are why we fight. Her children are why she was willing to sacrifice everything.” My father stiffened, but his chest heaved. Liya looked at me carefully. “You think Elis, your grandmother, followed your mother into this rebellion blindly? Why do you think she stays in that damned city.”
