"I am the woman who pretended to be Lady Ashlynn in the Summer Villa," Samira said. "And I am the mother of Lord Owain's child."
Samira's simple declaration froze the occupants of the Great Hall in their seats, and some people even forgot to breathe as they watched the heavily pregnant woman making her way to the central aisle between the tables where the families of the barons and their knights sat.
When she entered the Great Hall, her presence was odd enough for people to take note of her. A pregnant woman in the middle of an assault on Lothian Manor couldn't be an ordinary woman, but everyone had been much more focused on Hugo Hanrahan at the time, so while many people found her presence strange, they quickly forgot about her as they were caught up in the trial of Abbot Recared and his Inquisitors.
