Hope POV
The throne room is filled with silence, all of us filled with a heavy sense of dread and anticipation. "The council rests at the back, their eyes eagerly watching everyone. They are the jury, the executioner, and the ultimate decision-maker when it comes to Kobe and the punishment for his actions. A peer is his lawyer. Kobe sits at a desk heavily chained, his wrists restrained with silver. Dressed in a suit, he looks both menacing and innocent at the same time.
"How can they do this?" I hissed as my mate put a comforting hand on me, "How can they make Tiffany face him, and how can they make such a mockery of the justice system?"
"We've been through this, Hope," he sighed, "you just have to grin and bear it. Kobe is entitled to a trial to prove his innocence of what he is accus
