Chapter 397. You’re a Menace

The dark coat that Coral had helped her into was buttoned securely and the set of her shoulders said that she was confident and strong.The line of her jaw said she’d already chosen her enemy and nothing in this room could change it. The weight she carried in her belly was visible and unapologetic. She didn’t hide it and she didn’t soften to make the court comfortable.If anything, it only made her aura more impressive.

Refugees against the walls saw her and started cheering, ragged and fierce. The guards took it up and the nobles who tried to keep speaking over it soon learned that they didn’t have that power anymore.

Ann didn’t wait for the herald. She didn’t slow down the entire length of the room towards teh throne and she passed the lord who’d had his hands on the throne without even bothering to look at him.

She stopped at the base of the dais and turned to face them all.

“Do you really think this kingdom will bow?” she asked.

She didn’t shout, ther