calmed down to mutters of confusion, the innocent bystanders in my square fortress clearly confused as I faced off against my mother.
"My Omarion is quite right." I reinforced his statement as I felt the growing presence of magic in the air. "No one has the right to harm me. I've decided to attend this ceremony like everyone else. Though, it seems only fair to answer the prime question as one of your three children plagued by a man who's pulling all the strings to cause war between the human and supernatural races.”
All the cameras and attention were on us, which was perfect because I now sensed what Marigold was hinting at.
Only a matter of time.
"Cassandra." Mother's hardened gaze softened just a little bit, those beautiful orbs clearly showing pity for me. "We shouldn't discuss this here."
"You shouldn't be here," I voiced with a stern voice. "Do you think because you've said the truth that everything will suddenly go right?"
"Revealing the truth ensures the humans understand who's at fault here," Mother argued.
"Have you asked them if they even believe your declaration?" I inquired and crossed my arms in impatience before I looked to the reporters. "Do you believe that Wilfried is a twin who merely cares about completing some sort of summoning ritual to devour human souls and destroy the universe?"
Their pause made Mother frown, and I closed my eyes briefly to focus on the mutters of gossip happening all around.
* * *
Well...she has a point. What if this is a plan?
What if she's trying to set us up?
Right! Or make us kill this king.
Are you guys dumb? We saw the footage! He killed the supernatural council!
How do we know? What if it was an illusion?
Or a trap?
What if she's the one who plotted the bomb and King Wilfried saved the guys?
That...could be true.
What if they're in hiding cause they don't want to get hurt?
So she could be lying!
What about her children, then?
Are they good or evil?
They've all gone to prison, haven't they?
Cassandra wasn't in prison. Just the first one. Don't know if the twin thing is true.
Who do we believe?
The Cassandra woman has to be evil! Look at how she's trapped us like animals!
But she's dating our council members.
Was she really?
It could all be a publicity stunt!
Dammit, what should we do?
* * *
The talking continued as I opened my eyes to see Mother's horror. I'm sure she could hear the same words of confused disbelief as I, but it surely hurt more because of how easy it was to swoon humans over.
Only the front row of supernaturals that were within the cubed space seemed to be quiet, and that only confirmed the difference in loyalty.
Humans will believe whatever is fed to them with the perfect fake evidence to back it up. Supernaturals, on the other hand, need more than that to have their vision of what's true and false tampered with.
With a dramatic sigh, I uncrossed my arms to look at the reporters who stood there stupidly. "What are your verdicts? Seeing as the majority of you are humans, I'd be intrigued to know your views."
They all looked at one another hesitantly, and the same brave reported decided to be the bearer of bad news. "We need more evidence to confirm what she’s saying is true."
I sighed and shook my head.
"What a pity," I voiced in dismay.
"I'm the queen of one of the four fae kingdoms! Why would I have reason to lie?" Mother argued, to which the humans began to mutter.
* * *
What if she wants revenge?
Ya. What if she's working with the other fae kingdoms to try and get rid of us and the supernatural race?!
She could be evil.
Where does that leave Cassandra?
She could be working with her!
That doesn't make sense. Not with what happened.
She wouldn't be confronting her if they're on the bad side.
So what is she? A hero or villain?
What if she's being manipulated by her mother?!
That would make sense. And what if she's trying to fight it?
What if she's the culprit of their suffering?
She could have been the one to set up her own son!
How else would she know about that?
And set her daughters up for death!
Shit, that makes sense!
She's evil!
* * *
"You are all taking this all wrong! I was sent to speak on behalf of the fae kingdoms to warn you all!" Mother emphasized.
"Then why choose today?!" a brave human called out.
"Ya! Why our mourning ceremony?"
"Imposter!"
"You're the true villain."
"We demand justice!"
They all started to scream and degrade my mother, and I was thankful