Mother's Palace:
Mother walked into the room with plates of food in her hand. Neban's family, chained to the throne, watched the woman as she walked in. She took the gags off their mouths as she got bored with the silence.
But it made no difference as the humans did not want to speak.
She set the plates in front of them before resting on her throne. Mother leaned her back on the throne's right arm as she rested her feet on the left one.
The humans looked at the food, not touching it as they did not trust it. Mother rolled her eyes as she tapped her fingers along her cheek. "Eat the food. There is no poison in it. Do not starve like idiots, especially the one that eats for two."
She stared at Isona's stomach, causing the others to look too. Isona rubbed her stomach at the stares as she felt the baby moving; it was like the baby knew people were staring at them.