"ALTHEA! ENOUGH!"
Keelion snapped, enough that the guests within the hall were left startled.
Althea smirked at him. "But it's not enough, Fane. Did you think I was going to sit and let you get rid of me just like that? After everything I've sacrificed. Do you know the horrible things I've done just to hold this title? Well, if you can't give it to me, then you can't also have the one thing you desire."
She turned to the crowd.
"Since you all assume I'm accusing an innocent woman, why don't we ask her father then? Surely he wouldn't lie, would he?"
Everyone shifted their gaze towards Mr. Ruderth and Eve who seemed more than discomforted.
They were suddenly the center of all attention.
Alexis peered at her father.
She wasn't stupid. She knew she was done for. Yes, this was eventually going to make it out there one way or the other, but like this? Humiliated in front of hundreds of people?
Mr. Ruderth cleared his throat.
"It's…true," he said.
