The table fell silent. Lara's eyes snapped up, shocked that she was confessing. Marcellus's goblet paused halfway to his lips. Thornak's expression didn't change, he simply continued drinking his wine.
"You did what?" Maravelle was shocked.
Selene's face crumbled. Why was she confessing to what she did? She looked around the table, seeing only accusation and disgust pointed at her.
She swallowed. "I… I was angry. I wanted people to doubt her. I didn't think..."
"You didn't think at all you lying, manipulative girl," Maravelle snapped as her face turned white with rage. "Do you understand what you've done?"
The table erupted into gasps and murmurs.
"You've gone too far, Selene," Kael said shaking his head.
"She's crazy. She needs help," someone said.
Jasmine dropped her spoon, staring at her in disbelief.
"So you really threw yourself into a tree?" she muttered, then shook her head. "Madness."
An alpha leaned back with a snort.
