The chatter grew deafening as Parliament, the reporters and witnesses all spoke at once. Lucifer's sorry condition only bolstered his claim that there was a conspiracy, for it had taken mob rule too great even for a god to defeat to get him here today.
“You allege that humans exist,” the Speaker of the Commons said, “yet you have not shown us a single human. What proof can you give us?”
Hatred streamed off of those eerie silver eyes like heat waves. He stood here now, not disgraced as the Emperor had intended, but a victor, and she was the conquered.
“I call the Emperor’s commander-in-chief of the four hybrid fleets," Lucifer stepped towards her and jutted out his arm at her as though it were an accusation, "Supreme Commander-General Jophiel."
“The witness may approach the bench,” the
