Chapter 131 King's Secret Ch3

• The throne room should be empty. For these few minutes between the back-to-back council sessions, it should be silent — the hush where the kingdom takes a breath before the king speaks again.
• But it’s not silent now.
• He drags her in by the wrist — her silk shift twisted tight in his fist. The crown on his head sits crooked, like it’s forgotten its place, slipping lower as he kicks the heavy doors shut behind them. The echo rolls off marble pillars and velvet drapes.