The moment the noise in the cave began to rise again, one of the figures Cece had unknowingly brought into this mess stepped forward and bowed to Sofia before speaking in a voice loud enough for everyone nearby to hear. There was no hesitation or fear, but the eager tone of someone who had finally been given the chance to spill all the bitterness they had been holding.
"She once ordered a man to be beheaded just because he refused her command," the voice said, clear and sharp, as if he had been waiting for that moment. "And that was not even the worst of it. She humiliated families, took what she wanted, and punished anyone who looked at her the wrong way. Even the young ones… none of them was spared from her temper."
Each word dropped like a stone thrown at Cece, because there's no fvckrn way she would do that. Each accusation heavier than the last.
