They all stared at the screen with horrid expressions on their faces as the people walked up to the container, made little cuts on their fingers, and allowed their blood to drop into the strange black liquid.
They were all terrified, none of them wanted to suffer the same fate as the man who had asked the question and the guards were there to make sure that none of them escaped.
Even the wealthy men in the kingdom who were known to work with the king didn't dare to say anything as they could tell that there was something different about him today and none of them wanted to lose their lives.
"You didn't tell me that your king was a tyrant," Layla said slowly, turning her gaze to Jude.
"He's a greedy man but he's not known for killing people like that," Jude said.
"And what's with the purple thing?" Tuchel asked. "You never told me he had any powers."
"He doesn't have any powers and if he does have power why reveal it now?" Jude said with a pondering look on his face.