James didn't give a positive comment without following it with a sly one. It was obvious the elder council was missing from the start.
James out of all people here should know the reason for that. After all, his sister was the last person known to Jeremy to be in contact with them.
So it wasn't unnatural for Jeremy to look in cold eyes towards him. But James seemed to not care about that, as he calmly returned to his seat.
"I don't know why they aren't here," Jeremy said while moving his eyes around. None of those present here tonight seemed to know anything about that reason.
None except for Christy seemed to know what was going on here.
"The elders aren't coming," Christy stood up with a wide smile over her face. She had that kind of victorious smile, like she just conquered the heart of Jeremy.
"Didn't they know we can't have a meeting like this without them?" Arnold, one of the leaders of big families, said in an arrogant tone.
