CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
“You know that was Lord Brodian,” Theo pointed out as we walked along the hallway. It was getting harder to ignore the stares burning through me from every eye that we came across. Servants guards; they all wore the same judging expression, whispering only when we had walked past them.
“Yes. I believe he introduced himself as so,” I answered.
“He is one of the most influential members of the council. Sending him out of the meeting in the most degrading manner is not something the council would just let go of with ease. They will find a way to retaliate and possibly, use that to take you off power,” he pointed out.
“You said I needed to show them my exact place and I did. They cannot just throw groundless assumptions just so they could taint my name while I si
