Nobody spoke for a moment.
Because every sentence had landed exactly where it should.
She had not mocked them.
She had not praised herself.
She had simply cut straight to the bone and laid the truth on the table.
The leader lowered his head slightly. "Lady Isabella is wise."
Zyran, standing nearby, nearly smiled.
Cyrus looked quietly pleased.
Osiris looked at Isabella with a strange light in his eyes.
To be honest, every time she spoke like this, it felt a little unreal.
As if she sat there in warm fur looking beautiful and lazy, yet the moment she opened her mouth, she could make a whole room sit up straight.
Isabella did not soften just because he called her wise.
She continued, "The people you brought will be checked one by one. Not because I insult your sincerity, but because sincerity without caution is stupidity, and I do not like being stupid."
That sentence made even Luca, who stood at the side, want to nod.
Very true.
Painfully true.
