@bone-sounds / continued
Phaedra had stopped crying many hours before she had been brought before the king, but the tears had started again when Phae was drug into the throne room. The tears had soaked through the blindfold the Seekers had forced her to wear, and her arms were chained together.
It would have been the most beautiful place she had ever seen, if she could. Phaedra felt her king watching intently, obeying the order into a kneel before him.
The Seeker that accompanied her halted, bowing in respect before speaking his piece.
“Took all of us a few years, but we finally apprehended her this morning. Caught her back in Needlebrook trying to poke around an old forge building.” he explained, Phaedra’s head dipping at the mentioning of her old home.
“This one has terrifying magic. I say she goes into the compound.”
Phaedra began to sob openly.
She had managed to hide for 16 years, but her desire to see her home again had been what got her caught
Fate was just too cruel.
the prince’s eyes flickered from prisoner to mage - seeker and then to his father. the king remained stoic in the presence of annullers, his dealings with them had stretched out years before his crowning, while performing duties as demacia’s then heir - apparent. though, while the king was much accustomed, jarvan iv was less so. perhaps that is why his father had bid him to speak in his stead.
‘ our king would wish to know, for what reason is she blindfolded? and for what reason have you been seeking her for a few years, does she have previous transgressions against her name? ’ jarvan iv’s gaze fell upon the prisoner, spying what he thinks to be a tremble and a wetness upon the restrained woman’s face. the prince wondered if they were tears of guilt or tears of innocence, he had seen both on the cheeks of prisoners, but without testimony they were just tears.
he looked once again to his father, the king’s expression unchanged bar the slightest up turn of lip. had he not have been commanding attention at present he might have hazard a like smile, but he would not for in the current moment he spoke of the winged - protector’s judgement. ‘ and that name, mage - seeker. what is the name of the accused? ’
