"La puja queda aceptada."

The Elder's voice has no special hue. Don't go up or down. Talk like you were closing a deal. I could well be reading numbers from a cargo manifest.

“Lord Cross, of House Cross, is declared the adjudicator of Vivian Ashcroft.”

Nobody applauds.

Instead, a murmur resorts to the bars. Tens of heads come back at the same time for Damian, just like a crowd looks at the man who has just lost the most important game of the night.

Él sigue de pie.

He never sat back down after