Cloaked Campaign by P.D. Workman

Author:P.D. Workman [Workman, P.D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: pd workman

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT

Davyn nodded, looking resigned. Reg wondered how many times Davyn had been visited like this by people who wanted his ear on something to do with the coven. Something that was none of their business, yet he still needed to remain pleasant and appear cooperative. To be the public face of the coven. “Yes?”

Verity looked at Reg, expecting her to leave. Or for Davyn to kick her out. “This really is a private matter.”

“I don’t see how that can be,” Davyn countered. “You don’t have anything to do with the coven.”

“Well…” Verity frowned, trying to figure out how to get Reg out of the room so she could speak with Davyn privately. “I have some thoughts about the coven membership and rules.”

“Policy isn’t a private matter. And I’ve already told you that we will not be opening membership to female witches. I’m sorry. That’s the decision of the coven. They wish to remain male-only membership.”

“It’s sexist. It’s prejudiced. Exclusionary. A coven should be open to all. Give everyone the same opportunities.”

“In fact, it is not open to all. We are quite careful about who we allow to join the coven. Even the warlocks who wish to join go through a probationary period. If things do not go well during that period, if they are found not to fit or not to have the attitudes that will most benefit the coven… then they are not allowed to stay.”

“That’s unfair.”

Davyn raised his brows and shrugged. “Perhaps it is. You are welcome to see what the membership requirements are for other covens in and around Black Sands. There are a few of them. Several women’s covens.”

“I don’t want to join one of the women’s covens.”

Davyn shrugged. “And no one is going to make you. You can choose to join a coven or not join a coven as you please. But you cannot join one that excludes female membership.”

“You need to get with the times. You are living in the dark ages.”

Reg had made the same accusation more than once. Not because she wanted to join the coven, but because of their archaic views toward women and just about everything else. They were stuck in the past and needed to make significant changes. Not allowing a power drinker to become the leader of the coven, though. That was a change in the wrong direction. But they needed to update their policies in other ways and force the warlocks to change their outdated viewpoints on women and their roles. On equality and self-governance. Even if, like Corvin, they had grown up in a time when women were treated as chattel and expected to stay home to keep house and raise children; that was in the past, and they needed to reform.

“Our policies are reviewed regularly. If there comes a time when the coven considers allowing women to join, I will let you know.”

Verity shook her head, expression sour. “That is not acceptable.”

But what was she going to do about it? Who was she going

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