The Witness.
The man shuffled into the council room, a scroungy-looking man, and was tight with tension in the air. He looked between members wide-eyed in fear. Ethan felt his blood boil in that this could finally be the moment when they actually get to the bottom of things, yet he could practically see the cogs whirring in Silas's mind as he readied the path to contort what was about to be said to make it fit Sophia.
Ethan clenched his fists on the table as he leaned forward. "Let's get to the bottom of this, shall we? You're here to testify against Sophia, right? Now, tell us what happened!"
He swallowed hard, eyes darting nervously at Sophia, who stood cross-armed, a façade of calm that Ethan could almost see was cracking. "I-I just did what she told me to do. She said to get
