Mira’s POVFor a long, terrible moment, silence reigned. I could feel the eyes of every noble, every servant, waiting to see if Harold would strike me down with words… or with claws.The silence was broken by an unexpected sound… a clap of applause.Liam.It was a few rippled clap, but it was firm, the sound echoing like thunder in the charged air. His eyes stayed on mine, unflinching. And though he said nothing, the message was clear.He stood for me.And then, a laugh. Low, bitter, mocking. Dahlia’s.“There,” she hissed, her voice slicing through the chamber. “Proof! She insults us in our own hall, spits on our traditions, dares to defy you, Father…”“Silence,” Harold’s voice cut like a blade.Dahlia froze mid-sentence, her lips snapping shut, her face flushing red.But Harold’s eyes remained fixed on me. He was measuring me, testing me, weighing the steel of my words against the centuries of tradition I had just defied.Finally, he spoke. “Very well, Mira of Moonlit. You will have
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