C139 Ethel's Conspiracy

Silence enveloped the room, a silence as profound as death itself.

Disbelief etched on their faces, the crowd watched as Robert ushered Annie forward. They had scoffed, convinced he was sending the young girl to her doom. Yet, to their astonishment, within a mere ten minutes, she had laid every new generation expert at her feet.

Annie, ever compassionate, had held back in the final duel