Chapter 92 The Hidden Agenda

• The assembly didn't end. It shifted.
• After Gideon's performance, Katheris called for a recess. But instead of dismissing everyone, she requested that "key stakeholders" remain. Which apparently meant me, Darius, and whoever the council decided was important enough to witness whatever came next.
• I watched the crowd thin, noting who stayed and who left. Lord Henric remained, along with Lady Miren and three other council members I barely knew. Mordain, of course, stayed front and center. And Gideon lingered near the back, studying his fingernails like he didn't have a care in the world.