Lila's POV:
I returned to Silverpine for the trial.
Miranda's private accounts, the healer's testimony, and the notes they had exchanged all matched. Each time she tried to defend herself, the evidence presented at the hearing silenced her.
She was stripped of her family status and sentenced to a lengthy prison term.
Daphne's uncle had hired people to attack the alliance carriage and was convicted as well. Daphne had carried messages and money for her mother and helped conceal the truth. Her property and attendants were taken from her, and she was sent to the Moon Goddess's convent under supervision.
As we left the council hall, she suddenly broke free of her guards and lunged at me.
"I was supposed to marry into the Northlands! You knew what Malcolm was like all along, didn't you?"
