The tension in the room was unmistakable. There was silence that you could even hear the drop of a water from the table to the floor.
The stares were intense. Alana had a sinking feeling deep inside her that she wished she could just excuse herself and find some time to make herself presentable.
She glanced across to where Lucius was sitting. She saw that he was watching her, his eyes staying in her direction but he looked to be engrossed in whatever the matter was at the moment. Alana took a deep breath in.
Everyone was seated at the round table, Alana noted. The king and queen, Sebastian, Alexandria and David, Areya and some other people Alana didn't recognize. She and Feesh had just arrived after a staff had told them the king and Queen had requested for their presence in the meet
