It took a while to calm everyone down. Sienna finally faced the king and queen, her voice was cracked by now. She lowered the folder, her hands trembling. The crowd was quiet, every eye fixed on her.
'These are only the first pages," she said, her voice sharp but low. "There are one hundred and eighty names in this folder. Children beaten, mocked, broken. Victims of Danny and his group over a period of thirteen years. Many were forced to drop out. Many silenced. In some cases, when the parents tried to fight, they lost jobs or houses. They were beaten up or threatened. They were silenced."
Gasps rippled through the crowd. The queen's hand was on her mouth, her eyes wide with horror. The king's jaw was tight, his knuckles white against the chair.
"How did this incidents not to make it to the headmaster?" The king asked. "How did they stay totally buried? Didn't any incident make it to BeastNet? How did I not know about these matters?"
