The hall fell silent. Lara's eyes snapped up, looking shocked. Marcellus's goblet paused halfway to his lips. Thornak's expression didn't change, he simply continued drinking his wine.
"You did what?" Maravelle was shocked.
Selene's face crumbled. Why was she confessing to what she did? She looked around the table, seeing only accusation and disgust pointed at her.
Selene swallowed. "I… I was angry. I wanted people to doubt her. I didn't think—"
"You didn't think at all you lying, manipulative girl," Maravelle snapped as her face turned white with rage. "Do you understand what you've done?"
The room erupted into gasps and murmurs.
"You've gone too far, Selene," Kael said shaking his head.
The hall was in chaos, with everyone talking at once.
"She's crazy. She needs help,"
Jasmine dropped her spoon, staring at her in disbelief. "So you really threw yourself into a tree?" she muttered, then shook her head. "Madness."
