Chapter 17

The great hall filled to the point that we had to move Pierre’s trial out into the gardens to accommodate everyone.  In typical Geo fashion, he denied no one seeking the opportunity to observe.  If he was nothing else, he was a fair and just king.

Pierre was dragged before the crowd and made to stand on a platform so that all could have a clear view of him.  Geo stood tall and strong at my side as he told the crowd of the wedding we almost had and the role Pierre played in not only stopping that union, but in almost killing their queen with magic. He reminded them of the other times he’d attempted to take her life, as well as when he had Gondofini create a potion to make her fertile in hopes of entrapping her with a baby so that she would marry him and put him on the throne beside her.  

I sat tall and proud, but remained quiet and careful not to upstage my love.  He needed this time to regain himself. I sensed it deep inside m