Every elder turned to Channing in question. The Alpha did not speak for time. Channing was simply going through the previous day's events. He had recently found out about what Selene had endured as a princess. He conflicted whether to reveal her identity or not.
Of the few people who knew about this, Channing was the only one who was still thinking Selene should be rescued.
However, it went unsaid that the elders might push the war knowing the princess was trying to end the feud. The problem was over past few years this feud was what actually had both the villages profiting. Winterwells the most as everything was supervised by the elders here. If the feud ended then the villages might be merged as had been done with the Greenlands.
"Alpha Channing," Madilyn Hooper asked, "the Beta isn't here with you today."