Chapitre 653: The night everyone had to decide which side they were on

"I think you and I and every single one in here knew the reason why I am now sitting in here. Delude yourself all you want, but this seat… I earned it that night those who weren't present lost their limbs."

Aries slowly rose to her seat with her palms on the table.

"I will say this just once. I am the empress of this land, the holder of Maleficent, the wife of a Grimsbanne, and a demon who crawled her way out of hell. Do not cross me." Her eyes glinted with malevolence, scanning each one of them. "If I find out that any of you has even the slightest involvement in what happened to my brother, or you were scheming to cause disharmony in this empire, rest assured I will come knocking at your door and let you remember why you begged my husband for my attendance for the night gathering."