CHAPTER FIFTY SIX
I watched helplessly as the members began raising their hands but then something unexpected happened. Lord Darius of the North, stood up, gaining everyone’s attention.
“Lord Darius, you do not have to stand up to cast your vote. A simple gesture of raising your hand would be counted as well,” Lord Akas said.
“I’m not casting a vote to encourage such a disheartening act. What has happened to us? We are supposed to be at the fore front fighting for our people’s welfare but instead we are quick to condemn a queen to torture on the account of an accusation that yet to be verified as whether it is true or false. We are here casting a vote on whether an accused woman still grieving her beloved should be tortured or not before a trial; a trial that is meant to prove wh
