Arielle lifted Crimson from the table, then carried the baby in her arms gently. The child's cries did not immediately stop. Arielle tried to make the little baby stop crying by patting her back. She could see Crimson face and eyes were red after crying so much.
The girl nodded as Priest Jill excused himself to leave the room. Ronan could only breathe a sigh of relief when Crimson's cries started to get smaller, and smaller, then disappeared completely. Still in a standing position, Arielle approached Kael.
"What happened? Why did it get this messy?" she asked in a half-whisper so as not to disturb Crimson.
"As you saw earlier, Your Highness. Sasha and Lazarus were arguing, and then…" Kael glanced at Ronan, who was massaging his temple. "His Majesty continued to enforce his will by threatening Priest Jill to take a sample of Sasha's hair immediately."