King Lukas went on for a few minutes about Nobles that Karl didn't care about, naming advisors and granting a few Noble titles to his siblings, who would officially be taking over new roles under his reign.
Then, he rose and moved to greet everyone, ending the formal part of the meeting.
But also starting the fun part, in Cara's estimation. This was the perfect opportunity for anyone upset about Rue being named the next Queen to strike and try to eliminate her. She was too surrounded by people to see the threats coming, and she wasn't yet the Queen officially, so the punishment would be lighter than the thousand days of torture before death by beheading that was given for attempted Regicide.
Rue still had [Eternal Lightning] barrier over her, but there were plenty of people in the room that could shatter it if they tried hard enough. But Cara didn't expect a direct attack of that sort.
