On the second day. Aria stood at the window of the chamber Kael had given them, she had refused to go back to mooncrest without seeing Selene being punished. The room was in the main house, It was strange to be here again.
Rowan was still asleep in the bed behind her, his eyes closed, his breathing slow and even. He had stayed awake most of the night, watching the door. Aria had slept peacefully.
Today, Selene would be interrogated and the accomplice exposed.
There was a knock at the door. Nyssa's voice, urgent. "Aria. The council is assembling.“
Aria pressed her hand against her stomach. "I'm coming."
The great hall was packed.
The elder, warrior, and some servant who could find space had crowded into the room. Selene stood near the dais, her hands bound loosely in front of her, not
