Serena
I should have realized the storm was coming the moment I felt the first ripple of unease in the house, not when the chandeliers flickered, not when the staff moved quicker than usual down the halls, but the very instant Kael told me to come to the meeting a second time. He said it in that way he does when the weight isn’t about him, when he’s carrying someone else’s trouble on his shoulders, and I knew before I even followed him down the long corridor that whatever waited in the council room was going to be about me again.
He looked excited, i could pick that the moment i set eyes on him. He was probably preparing something special as an appeal for how he couldn’t defend me last time.
The room was full before I entered. Councilmen sat stiff at the table, the Elders in their tail
