Verity's pov

Their eyes burned into me after my last words.

The silence was suffocating, I could see the gears turning in their heads with different emotions in their eyes like shock, disbelief and suspicion.

The nobles shifted in their seats, muttering amongst themselves and shooting me wary glances.

Cassian’s jaw tightened, his hand curling into a fist on the table as though he was trying to control himself. Caleb’s brows knitted, his eyes on me, I could see that he had a lot of ...