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The ecstasy of being kissed again by Daniel quickly faded as I assessed our current situation. The enormous room we had been plopped into didn’t appear to have any borders. I couldn’t see a wall in any direction, and there was nothing above us. The enormity of our space was somehow oddly suffocating.
Three hulking, bearded, and somber old men sat on gold-gilded thrones in front of us.
“Do you have anything to say for yourself?” The one in the middle had his hands raised as if he were expecting an answer. I deduced that he must have been the one that spoke.
“This is the Tribunal,” Daniel whispered near my ear, obviously trying to alleviate my fears.
“Respond to ME.” The angry voice bellowed. “The human is of no importance.”
I hated how he spat out the words ‘the human’ as if I were
