I woke up to someone banging on the door and sat up fast my heart racing and a guard opened it and said "Council wants you in ten minutes" and left before I could even respond.

I got dressed quick and splashed water on my face and tried to make myself look less like I'd barely slept but it didn't really work and when the guard came back he led me down to the same room from yesterday.

All five council members were already there plus two more I hadn't seen before and that made my stomach hurt ...