We Listened to the Darkness by Sorin Px 442

442–The One News & Discipling 

442–The One Needs A Discipline 

Kaylee: 

The slap across my face seemed to restart my entire body. For a few moments, I could not react. 

After those few moments, I wondered if I should have slapped her back, but it would have been much more difficult. 

+25 Banil 

When her hand landed on my cheek, I saw stars in front of my eyes. What hurt the most was that the people who were supposed to take a stand for me were now speaking against me. 

“Is nobody going to take a stand for the right thing?” I asked, tearing up. 

At that moment, the composed posture I had maintained started to shake. I felt humiliated in front of everyone. Some of them might have even recorded the slap. I felt like passing out. 

I turned my eyes to Lord Eldon, my father–in–law, who I thought would be the first to voice his opinion against Madeline. But he remained silent, even avoiding my gaze. 

Then there was Lady Abigail. Thankfully, she looked tense and angry. 

“Wait a minute, let’s not forget that Madeline has a history of causing trouble. Even though I agree that right now Kaylee was the one who threw the drink at her, I just want to mention one thing. What did Madeline say that prompted her to take that step?” Lady Abigail spoke up for me, 

I could tell everyone was shocked because she wanted the cure as much as the others did. But when it came to standing up for the right reasons, I could only expect a woman to do that. 

As a woman, she knew that no woman should be disrespected, and I appreciated that in the moment. 1 

“And I’m not justifying anything, and I’m not calling anyone out. I’m just speaking the truth. Let’s say we promised you respect and a safe place, but we did not promise that you would be allowed to disrespect our lunas,” Lady Abigail told Madeline, who did not look like she cared anymore. She had a smug look on her face as if she had won the world. 

“You’re right,” Madeline replied. “Somebody needs to tell you what was happening before the drink was spilled. Yes, I made a comment in response to the remarks Kaylee had been making about me, which I hope the people around here can confirm.” 

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Madeline continued speaking in her casual, calm voice. I hated that woman with every last breath. 

“It is true. I was there when Luna Kaylee had been throwing insults at Luna Madeline nonstop,” one of the women said, and I gave her a harsh glare. 

“It’s just Madeline, not Luna. Don’t throw around titles like that,” I hissed at her. In return, she wrinkled her nose at me. It was disgusting. 

This was exactly why I wanted them to take the right step and punish Madeline for hitting me, because now others thought it was fine to belittle their Luna. 

“Actually, she was making quite ridiculous