The Morning After

Sophia's POV

By morning, the castle had divided itself into two camps with the clean, decisive efficiency that only genuine shock can produce.

The first camp — larger than I had expected, anchored by Caspian and Lord Fenwick and, most surprisingly, Sir Kael — held the position that what they had witnessed in the ceremonial grounds was a display of extraordinary power that elevated the crown and validated the King's choice of Queen in a way that no political arrangement ...