I Enrolled as the Villain

"And I remembered what happens when a throne is left empty."

As the word echoes escape my mouth the silence linger louder than any word longer than necessary

Lucia eye shift between me and herself

Other council members look down or maybe trying to interpret what iam saying

But as I looked at each of the members, I could still feel it.

Hesitation.

Not disobedience not quite. But unease.

They had bowed to the Eye. And they had followed the words.

But worship is easier from a distance.

And now, the myth was sitting across from them.

Breathing. Speaking. Thinking.

And they didn’t know what to do with it.