Chapter 252 A Petition And A Scar

• Xena draws in a slow breath before speaking. "One could argue your concerns are valid. One could argue I’m a jealous woman attempting to ruin her sister."
• A murmur immediately ripples through the chamber, but Xena only smiles faintly.
• "Truthfully, I expected that argument long before I ever stepped into this room." Her gaze drifts briefly toward Davina before returning to the Tribunal. "Even with a petition written by Chief Healer Morrin before her death, I knew there would be people willing to believe I forged it. That I lied. That I hated my sister enough to destroy her reputation."