Crowned and Cornered

Marcy's POV

For a sickening, terrifying second, the massive hall fell dead quiet. Nolan’s abrupt exit left a suffocating vacuum of tension in his wake. Torin cast a murderous, unblinking glare directly at me. His broad chest heaved with barely contained rage. I swallowed hard, my feet rooted to the cold marble floor, wondering how I was supposed to survive this night. My hands clamped together, m