COUNCIIL MEMBER HARPER. I sat in Council Leader Parker’s chair at the table after everyone had left. I liked the way that it felt. I was sure that I would be the obvious choice to take his place if he didn’t make it. Especially now that Timothy Stark was out of the way. I closed my eyes and let myself imagine leading the Council. Once I was in charge, I would have the final say on matters. It would be my decision what to do about this child. I knew that I couldn’t get rid of the child now. It was too late to demand that the pregnancy be ended. Besides, clearly Alpha and Luna Cooper wouldn’t go along with that. I had liked the suggestion that the Council could raise the child. Although I preferred the idea that I raise him myself. If I could get that child to see me as a father, then I wo