At the Royal Palace,
The grand hall hummed with barely contained tension as Ambassador Reid from Kingdom Crisal stood before the royal family. Orla sat at the center of the long table with Eugenie beside her, while Lothar and Zander accompanied their wives in their respective seats.
"Kingdom Crisal cannot ignore the grave injustice committed against Second Prince of Crisal, Agost Wilburn," Ambassador Reid declared, his voice carrying the weight of royal authority. "We found our prince near death in the western mountains, abandoned in cruel conditions that no person of royal blood should endure—"
"No half-witch should endure such conditions," Alora cut in smoothly, her voice carrying clear across the hall. The tension only intensified upon her arrival.
