Another round of thunderous applause filled the great hall along with scattered shouts of "Lord General Thane!" and "Victory!" Toward the back of the great hall, a few even took up a bolder chant, shouting "Death to the humans!" as the flames of vengeance stirred in their hearts.
Sitting next to his wife and surrounded by Eldritch men and women from clans he'd never even seen before, Daithi shifted awkwardly in his chair, shifting to position himself protectively close to his wife as his hand dropped to the dagger at his waist. The scaled men and women closest to him didn't seem to have become caught up in the rising tide of hostility that followed Lady Nyrielle's latest announcement, but he'd seen how quickly crowds could turn before, and he wasn't about to be caught unprepared now.
