Chapter two
The Trial
"Hey" I groggily shouted at the guardian I had caught passing my cell as I slowly woke up. "What time is my trial?" I hope that never has to be your first thought upon waking, when your trial for murder of the queen of your people is, but unfortunately it was mine.
"Noon," he responded and hurried off. I had picked up that the guardians posted to guard the cell were getting tired of guarding the role models of their kind. First Dimitri, then me. I ran my fingers through my hair as I tried to comprehend that while still half asleep. I checked the clock. 10:00. Thankfully I had slept in. That left less time to think about my awaiting doom.
The trial was all a blur when it came. I was allowed to take a short shower and put on some clean cloths, then hustled out to the courtroom. The trial was full of arguments that my Dad tried to rationalize, but most of the time he couldn't. The evidence was just too much against me. It ended with the grim sound of a gavel hitting the table as the judge said "Rose Hathaway, The court finds you guilty of Murder of Queen Tatiana and has sentenced you to death. Your execution will be held this evening at 8:00."
The realization hit me only when Lisa looked at me with tears in her eyes. I knew she felt bad for me, but the only thought I could think of was what this would do to Lisa. It would hurt her a lot. To lose her best friend, her guardian, the person she was shadowbound to. The person she was shadowbound to... The realization hit me all at once. I should have realized this before! "Wait!" I yelled at the top of my lungs. The chatter in the courtroom stopped and all eyed fixed on me, some sympathetic, some filled with hate. "Wait I'm shadowbound to Princess Dragomir. This didn't occur to me before, but I dont know the effects my death might have on her. The loosing of the person she's shadowbound to might hurt her."
The room was silent as the judge considered. Finally she sighed sadly and told me "I'm sorry, I've already declared it. We can't change my ruling. We might have been able to if we knew more about shadow... kissed people and what would happen to the spirit users if they died, but as it is uncertain, we cannot stop the punishment because of this."
My heart sank. Not for me, but for Lisa. What would happen to her? How would she avoid going crazy without me? This thought was all that occupied my mind as they led me back to the jail cell and locked me up. What would happen to Lisa?