Elvanya's Pov
The beast let Senna go and pushed her off his lap. She fell hard onto the cold stone floor, he laughed again. The others were still laughing too. The noise was horrible.
Senna got up fast. She didn’t cry or look at the beast. She didn’t look at anyone, she just walked out of the hall quickly. The wine she spilled stayed red on the table, like blood.
I stood frozen for a moment longer. The King still held his silver cup, his hand shaking a little now. His face was like stone, the laughter died down slowly. The King didn’t say a word. He just looked at the table.
I hurried to clean the spilled wine with a rag. I worked fast and didn’t look at the beast who grabbed Senna. I didn’t look at the King either, i wiped until the red was gone.
The feast ended late. I followed
