Feel it

Rosalind's POV

We entered the council meeting hall where I had once stood outside to eavesdrop on the conversation about the prospective brides.

They were in session and I saw Cillian and Killian seated before the guards tossed me to the ground and I landed on my hands and knees. Instinctively I knew I should not raise my head. I should not draw notice here. It could be the end of my life.

I heard the outraged cry of one of the council members, his name might have been Gaius from all my eavesdropping sessions.

"What is the meaning of this interruption?"

Adelyn was elegance incarnate as she simpered.

"I apologise dear esteemed council members. I have brought a case of theft for your judgement. Brought here as a part of the incoming brides, I was assured I would be treated like royalty."

The room was silent and I wondered if just anyone could bring a case of theft to the Goddess damned council or if it was because she was Arthur's daughter.

Her soothing voice continued to hammer nai