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2024-10-29 19:42:56Uriel’s green eyes shrunk, and she looked at her hands with worry.
Dalis didn’t miss the change in her expression, “Have there been others with unstable energy?” he asked.
“We have had a few in the past,” the duke answered his gaze was piercing, “None of them survived for long, most of them ended up committing suicide within a few months of the infection, the longest lasted almost two years,” he said.
Uriel looked at Dalis, “Which one of your energies is unstable?” she asked, her hands trembled as she spoke.
Dalis could guess why, the unstable state energy did act like an infection and would spread to anyone who was exposed to his energy for a prolonged period of time.
As the person who was treating him, she was naturally in the most danger.
“All of them,” Dalis answered honestly, he heard a gasp and turned to see the last person of the group, she
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062 – The One with the Trial (6/7)
Dalis stood up straight feeling much more confident, he had two votes for him and two against him all he need to do was wait for the five votes from Layla, Sebastian and Siara. He figured that his verdict was a done deal. “Casting the vote of Princess Siara is Maliah green,” Sebastian stated. Maliah stood up, “Princess Siara was adamant on her vote, that the life of Dreamer is to be spared,” she stated, giving Dalis his third positive vote. For the next vote Sebastian said nothing as Layla stood up, “With my first vote I vote for Dreamer to be spared,” Dalis furrowed his brow wondering why she didn’t cast both her votes at once, he learnt the reason in the next moment. “With my second vote, I vote to execute Dreamer,” Layla spoke firmly, and her hardened gaze was fixed on Dalis. Dalis had no idea what was going on all of a sudden, her votes made no sense, one to save him and the other to kill him, she might as well have abstained with both votes. He now had four votes for him
