The two Guards of Ash standing outside the hall pushed the heavy doors open for them.
The moment the doors moved; the polished metal hinges released a low sound that echoed through the entrance.
Ezra and Vera stepped forward side by side.
The awkward atmosphere that had followed them through the hallway still lingered faintly around them.
Even the two guards who had escorted them here could feel it.
Neither of them understood what had happened between the two young nobles.
Yet somehow, they felt as though they had just witnessed a conversation that ordinary people weren't meant to understand.
As the doors fully opened…
A round of applause erupted throughout the entire Council Hall.
The sound rolled across the massive chamber like waves crashing against a shoreline.
Ezra lifted his eyes.
The familiar sight of the Council Hall entered his vision.
The circular arrangement of polished brown wooden seats spread outward from the center stage where he and Vera now stood.
