It had been five days since the Wolf Kingdom was thrown into utter uproar.
A prince laying with a tigerbeast.
It was the kind of scandal that refused to die quietly. The rumor spread like wildfire through restaurants, taverns, pleasure houses, and alleyways where whispers carried more weight than truth. What began as hushed speculation quickly turned into bold retellings, each version more exaggerated than the last. The matter of the second prince had transformed into the most popular story in the territory—passed from mouth to mouth like a piece of forbidden entertainment.
Some said the second prince would definitely be exiled.
Others claimed the second prince would be executed, insisting that he had been caught in the very act of treason itself.
Some went as far as saying the second prince had sold his soul to the devil, and that was why he had been placed under house arrest because he had been cursed, possessed, or driven mad.
