Chapter 21: Covert Plot, Dark Ambush

The crowd erupted, shaken to the core. Even Keanu Hawksford, seated in the distance, couldn't help glancing toward Daxton Mabbett. At the chairman's seats, Bennett Unsted, the lord of Jorley, sprang to his feet, face twisted with fury. "You vicious little beast!" "Outmatched and still whining?" Josiah Mallin shot back, voice dripping with contempt. "Lord Bennett, what are you getting so worked up about?" "Bowen Soto already conceded, and he still struck with lethal force!" Bennett roared. "That...