The entire great hall seemed to be holding its breath as they stared at the lone Inquisitor sitting on the dais.
Of everyone sitting on the dais, only Diarmuid had participated in the defense of Hanrahan Town. Dame Sybyll, for all that she was a Hanrahan, was also a vampire, and even the most sympathetic members of the audience had just seen how quickly she could shift from sympathetic damsel to bloodthirsty predator.
Aside from the Crimson Knight herself, the court might look balanced. Three demons and three humans. At first glance, it seemed like a tremendous concession to the defeated party. But Hugo Hanrahan openly admitted that he sided with his cousin rather than his father, and Liam Dunn's status as a 'prisoner' was ambiguous at best. There were no shackles on his hands, unlike Loman Lothian and the remainder of the Hanrahan family.
