Kyra was as surprised to see Richard as he was to see her. She had gathered that he was a member of the great house of Winchmore from their previous meeting but she never could have imagined that he was the king of Cyrian, but there he was, sitting at the head of the table in his royal red robe with a gold crown on his head and a surprised look on his face.
Making herself as authoritative as possible, she asked, "So, what do you say, your Majesty?"
All of a sudden, one of the lords- he was wearing a black robe- shouted, "Death to the witch!" and raised a sword to strike her down.
But without any warning, Richard caught the man’s hand and twisted the sword out of his grip much to the surprise of everyone there, even Kyra's. "Nobody touches her unless I say so," he said and the rest of t
