Chapter 8 - THE TRIAL OF THE LOST PRINCESS

The council chamber was packed.

Severin stood at its center.

He had returned to the palace openly.

That was how confident he had become.

When Elara entered, every voice stopped.

Severin smiled.

“Arrest her.”

Nobody moved.

Elara raised Aldric's signet.

Several council members immediately stood.

Severin's smile disappeared.

“The King gave this to me.”

“He was delirious.”

A voice came from behind Elara.

“He was perfectly conscious.”

Celestine entered.

Severin stared at her.

“You.”

Celestine removed the black ring.

Then threw it at his feet.

“You spent my entire life telling me that crown belonged to me.”

She looked around the chamber.

“You lied.”

Garrick rose from his chair.

“Celestine.”

She turned toward her biological father.

He had barely spoken to her throughout her childhood.

Now she understood why.

She had never been his daughter.

Only his investment.

Celestine faced the council.

“Severin Vale and Duke Garrick planned to murder King Aldric.”

Chaos erupted.

Severin laughed.

“Based on what evidence?”

Elara produced the letter.

Severin's expression changed.

Then Rowan entered with soldiers loyal to Aldric.

“We also searched Saint Orlan.”

He placed a ledger on the table.

Payments.

Names.

Dates.

Bribes to physicians.

Payments to guards.

Money sent to the men who hunted Mara.

The conspiracy was exposed.

But Garrick did not panic.

Instead, he smiled.

Then the chamber doors burst open.

Dozens of armed soldiers entered.

Northern soldiers.

Garrick's army.

“You're all forgetting something.”

Garrick drew his sword.

“Evidence matters only when someone has the power to enforce the law.”

He pointed the blade at Elara.

“And today, power belongs to me.”

Severin looked surprised.

That was the moment Elara understood.

Even Severin had miscalculated.

Garrick had never intended to share the throne.

He raised his hand.

Northern soldiers seized Severin.

“What are you doing?”

Garrick smiled.

“Removing the last man who can testify against me.”

Then he turned toward Elara and Celestine.

“And the two women who can challenge my claim.”

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The palace doors slammed shut.

The coup had begun.