The Price of Silence

**3rd Person POV**

Queen Gwendolyn looked away slightly embarrassed.

Prince Nikolai however was not surprised that Desmond had been exonerated. He had known from the very beginning that the young prince was innocent.

“What do you make of the Prince, Brutus? Do you think he is an accomplice?” asked King Lucien.

“No.”

“Then I owe the Elders an apology,” said King Lucien in a humbling tone.

“We are o