"What a case."
"Well, at least this way, there will be no debate on who the winner is."
"That's right. The only debate that needs to be had is what will be done to Fiona."
"There shouldn't even be a debate. She and her family should be sentenced to death!"
"Including Margeret? You know she has been battling with disease for over a year…"
"I don't care. She was part of the evil six years ago with them. Should we pity her because she is sick? Hasn't she recovered?"
Margeret shivered where she sat, listening to the loud discussions around her.
Even if she had lied in the end to protect her family, Athena had still known she was lying, and now she feared that Athena would perceive her earlier gesture of peace as a deception. She sighed and bowed her head in shame.
Meanwhile, Fiona and her father were wondering how they would leave the court with their lives intact.
