Chapter 120: Exposed

The smart ones, and those whom Terry had bribed, knew something was up. If Eddie couldn't be the Awakener, and I refused, then any other man could be picked for the next Awakener. Bowen got eleven votes this time, but it might not be him next time. The Casson family sold grain. Bowen was a jerk, but his parents were good people. When the village went through a drought and some people had nothing to eat, the Casson family helped out. But soon, about a dozen village elders started speaking out against...