(Matthew)
“DO NOT give me a reason to point my sword to all of you, my lords. I will only ask this once. Who ordered these Mages to attack tonight? Whoever knows the truth, come forward, speak, and you shall be rewarded handsomely. But if no one confesses tonight, then no one will leave this place. Every single one of you will be punished by daybreak for treason.” The Emperor’s voice remained calm but his eyes were burning with fury.
His Majesty had always been calm and collected at a time like this, but he snapped for the first time tonight. He was sending off a murderous aura that gave me and everyone around him goose bumps.
“Your Majesty!” the Ministers said in unison.
“How dare you raise your voices on me?”
Everyone flinched.
The Emperor and I had been friends ever since we wer
