H A I L E Y
He rose, and Yasmine and the other council members followed suit. They filed out of the room, their faces unreadable, leaving Dominic and me alone in the suffocating silence of the council chamber.
I let out a breath I didn't realize I'd been holding, my shoulders slumping in defeat. "They're going to let her back in," I said, my voice flat. "I can feel it."
"Not if I have anything to say about it," Dominic said, his jaw tight. "They're not looking at this with clear eyes. They're looking at it with their hearts, with their outdated sense of honor. They see a grieving daughter, not a manipulative snake."
"So what do we do?" I asked, my mind racing. "We have one hour. What can we possibly do to change their minds? She’s a damn good actress, I'll give her that."
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