The Prince's Duchess { Illyria Series 1 } - COMPLETED

Chapter 57: The Trial

Sarina's POV:

I stared at the closed double door with apprehensions, somehow despite talk of how I would ace the trial to become officially recognized by the entire Parliament because he is with me.

Even though my nervousness, I felt the warmth and reassurance coming from him.

"Deep breaths... Hoooo... Hooooo" I calmed down my pounding heart as the doors open.

The entire throne room looked different. The throne chair was gone and in its place was a jury table comprising of six people, men and women dressed in deep red robes, their gazes at me were intense but polite as I walked to the podium that was in front of me.

A glance around showed another feature that surprised me. On either side of the jury tables were see-through glass rooms and sitting in it were Catherine, Sey, Mrs. Briggs the housekeeper, Melissa the maid, Luis and Charles.

On the other side was Leone, who smiled encouragingly at me, His highness Joram who nodded at me warmly and I frowned a bit when I saw Kassim and seated by his side was...

I stopped walking when I saw a beautiful girl whose arms were bandaged and yet she was looking at me with hauntingly blue eyes.

"Safirah...." my heart clenched and she gave me a trembling smile.

"Lady Larusso... Is there something wrong?" one of the Parliament members asked me and I snapped out of it.

"Nothing at all," I answered smoothly as I got to the podium. 

All of the Parliament members stood up as one. A female began to speak up.

"The trial of Lady Sarina Larusso-Wellington, the current Duchess of Ladon will now commence. May the will of the Lady guide us in this endeavor."

"May the Lady bless us all." the members responded before they all seated themselves.

"Let the records state that Parliament members Sawyer, Henderson, La Marche, Dubois, Hamish, and Cherche will serve for today's trial and Kallum Blanchard as our Truth speaker for today." one of the members said. "For privacy purposes, the audience supporting the bride to be are encased in a glass cage where they can view the trial but they will not hear our questions except for the groom to be, who is outfitted with a special earpiece to listen to the proceedings."

Following my relief that everyone but Leone can hear the trial proceedings, I have always wondered how will I show my face again if an "embarrassing question" was given. But at the mention of the word "truth speaker ", I noticed a heavily cloaked person seated at the very back covered by the shadows.

So this the person with the gift to detect "lies"

I felt nervous again as I swallowed the rising bile rising in my throat.

"I'll ask the first question." a raven-haired gentleman with an austere face stood up. "Milady, what is his Highness' favorite position."

"P-Position?" I blushed when he nodded, apparently undaunted by my reaction.

"Sex Position," he stressed out and I felt my face flame up.

"I uhm...." I looked at everyone nervously until remembered that they could not hear anything then Leone's golden gaze and mine collided and somehow, I felt calmer as he nodded at me.

I can do this...

"He likes many.. positions. Please elaborate." I asked the jury, who looked surprised.

"Name one Non-bed position he likes." coughed the member asking.

"He likes it when I straddle him on his hips while he holds me up while doing it against the wall. I believe it is called a Wall Banger position." I covered my face when I answered, the blush in my face intensifying. " He-he also likes Bathroom Sex a lot."