As Simon and the rest of the Targonians stared at the notification in utter bewilderment and horror, Silas' maddening laughter kept reverberating in their ears nonstop.
The scene was... suffocating.
For they understood fully well... the Nine Sky Supreme Courts across the Boundless Expanse never issued an order of Court Mandane Audit unless the evidence supporting it was utterly... crushing and irrefutable!
That's when it hit them... what Silas had said before he fell into a crazed episode.
Everything had been recorded.
Everyone slowly turned their heads toward the stunned Simon, whose lips were still sealed.
"What have you done..." Aldous asked, his tone bone-chilling.
This time, he genuinely didn't care whether he could take advantage of his brother's mess-up... as this situation went beyond the conflict for the throne.
