บท 589: Chapter 588: Dastardly Plot (3)

The guards led us straight towards the throne room, where we found the three robed figures bound and left to kneel before the Empress, who was looking down at them curiously from her ornate marble throne, her large frame more imposing then ever as she rubbed the side of her forefinger with her thumb, the rhythmical movement incredibly worrying for all parties involved as her head briefly turned towards us as we entered.

She wasn't the only one in the room either, as the Marquess stood off to the side, her face carved from stone to match the hard ruby eyes that scanned over the bare features of the three henchwomen that had targeted us, while Lady Lorelei, Lady Igna, and surprisingly Lady Fenryas as well were seated on their thrones.

Of the three women we had captured, one of them was awake while the other two were out cold, and I couldn't help but shake my head at how weirdly surprised she seemed to be with where she was at.