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The moment Zeus and I entered, I understood exactly why people were calling it the trial of the decade.
Every seat in the enormous chamber was occupied.
Nobles filled entire sections of the gallery. Journalists sat shoulder-to-shoulder with tablets and recording devices already prepared. Representatives from different packs occupied the upper balconies overlooking the courtroom floor.
Everyone wanted to see how this ended, witness the public destruction of either Zeus or Kael.
Zeus’s hand stayed steadily on the small of my back as he guided me to where I would sit, and as he did that, I felt hundreds of eyes following us.
I hated it.
For years, I had been invisible, but now I felt as though the entire kingdom couldn’t stop staring.
“Keep breathing.” Zeus’s voice was low enough
