Aria's POV
The trial lasted three days.
Three days of evidence. Three days of testimony. Three days of watching the people who had once believed themselves untouchable finally answer for what they had done.
The council chamber was packed every morning. Representatives from the territories filled the seats, while guards stood along the walls to keep order.
No one trusted the former Council members anymore. And after everything they had done, neither did I.
On the first day, Noah presented the intercepted communications. One by one, the messages sent and responses from the vampire elder were displayed before the entire Council.
One of the old council members shook his head. "Those messages don't prove that we ordered the attack."
Noah looked at him coldly. "They prove you provided the
