The chatter in the room grows as everyone stops addressing the King directly and talks among themselves about the Prince. Now that the evidence has been disproven, everyone feels confident enough to voice their doubts based on what they know about Kaine’s personality.
My eyes focus on the Queen who, for the first time since we’ve been in this room, isn’t trying to focus all of the attention on herself.
It’s not until every turns their attention to her that she changes. Their quiet, judging eyes cause another outburst that’s more desperate than the ones before.
“I didn’t realize that I was trying to conduct a fair trial with a bunch of fools!”
My eyebrows shoot to the top of my head, breaking the perfect mask that I kept in place thus far. She was not only losing control of the situ
