The Scandalous Hours: Chapter 6 – The Accusation and the Widow’s Defiance

❄️ Hawksmere Square stands frozen in silence as the widow Alianor faces her most perilous trial yet. Before the Justiciary Hall, Sir Roland de Mowbray demands her surrender: denounce Eamon Thorne, recant her truth, and bow to the Regent’s authority. ⚖️👑 The crowd waits, breathless, for her humiliation. But when the moment comes, Alianor does the unthinkable. One word— No —breaks the silence, igniting scandal that can never again be contained. 🕯️🔥 Whispers ripple through the square, guards falter, and Captain Varrus hesitates as the Regent’s mask of control begins to crack. In the clash of fear, courage, and deception, Alianor’s defiance becomes the spark that may change Hawksmere forever. 🎧 This gothic tale of betrayal, accusation, and forbidden truth will leave you breathless. The Accusation has been made—but who truly stands guilty in Hawksmere?