As the green powder began to settle, panic ignited within the room— raw, primal panic.
The Southern Alphas leapt from their seats, eyes wide with terror and hands covering their mouths as they tried to hold their breath to avoid inhaling the poison. It was a primordial instinct of self-preservation despite none of them being a Changed one.
Some tried to open the windows, but the mechanism was not listening to their trembling fingers.
Elene watched the unwrapping chaos with a smirk on her face as the councillors tried to escape. The Northern Princess let them taste their own medicine, her eyes locking with Cyrus, the only man who remained in his seat.
"Oh, do relax!" she chided, wiping a tear from her eye as she struggled to keep up with the facade. "You're behaving as if you've just be
