My heart stopped. It stopped and dropped to the pit of my stomach where the only thing I could do to hide this was give a smile. All of the air had been sucked out of the room and there was none left for me when I needed it the most. I didn't want to be bombarded with questions about why I'm alive. What if I answered wrongly? It's not like Damien would help me at all, I was alone in this.
Every person at the table had their stare trained on me as if I was an animal in the zoo and they were expecting me to do some sort of trick. I smile and nod to everyone agreeing with their king with pure dread.
"Bring in our meals!" Daniel's voice echoed through the hall as multiple chefs came through setting down bowls filled to the brim with a strong-smelling red liquid. I would like to say I hope it
