The elders gasped, some clutching their chests and pockets as though this was the most abominable thing they had ever heard. But they were not alone in the shock, so was everyone. Mija's mouth was so wide open that she could have swallowed a fly at any moment.
Timothy's hands were trembling.
Linera was looking at her fingers.
Winona was trembling, more afraid of Sienna than she was of her husband as of that moment. And her mother, was hiding behind her back!
As for Cuthbert, he was still resisting, snarling, but the weight of Sienna's authority and the threat of losing his fingers was heavier than his pride. With a trembling hand, he scrawled his name across the divorce papers. The sound of the pen scratched against parchment was louder than any shock.
When it was finished, the elders exhaled in relief.
"Thank the gods, thank the gods," Elder Tomlin said, running his hand over the top of his beard.
