Chapter 391: Exposing Family Secrets

“The girl who got Father killed?!”

Silence detonated.

It hit like a thunderclap.

Every breath in the room froze. A spoon dropped with a loud clink. Somewhere in the hall, a guest audibly gasped. Another choked on their drink.

Online? It was an instant eruption.

@RoyalTeaNow: WHAT DO YOU MEAN GOT THE KING KILLED???

@LurkingLioness: NNNNNNNOOOOOOO WAYYYYYYYYYY

@ConspiracyCups: I BEEN SAYING SOMETHING WAS OFF WITH THAT GIRL

@Heart4Somto: Wait, WAIT, Nnenna was INVOLVED in King Ikechukwu’s DEATH???!?

@StopTheScroll: Rewind. Pause. Rerun. EXPLAIN.

Back in the hall, the flames of confusion spread faster than wildfire.

Queen Chioma’s eyes narrowed instantly, her lips curving upwards slightly. Obinna’s jaw clenched so tightly it seemed it might snap. Ebere turned slowly, her hand trembling, unsure if from fury or shock.

And Nnenna

She frowned at Chidera, this unruly brother of hers.

Somto didn’t move.

He didn’t even blink.

the tension around him changed. His shoulders straightened. His fingers stopped drumming the table. His

guests stared with wide

Wait a minute

always wondered

strong. A sudden royal announcement out of nowhere said the king was gone, no cause

procession, no funeral… not even an official

public invited to a burial? Why was everything hushed?

And now this.

girl they had just started

dropped the secret

whispers swelled into murmurs. The murmurs started to build into

rippled through the grand dining hall

who did not know the truth, that King Ikechukwu had died

let his guard down around her. She was his daughter. Or so we thought.”

Where there had once been wonder or admiration for the girl who gave the King a mere handkerchief and received his favor, there was now disgust. Their king,

space

KILLED HIM. MARK

too fast. Something’s fishy. WHERE’S THE

he adopted is sitting next to the new King?

here smiling like she didn’t murder the man who raised

her food. Her perfume.

handkerchief was soaked in guilt, it would still be

emotions in check. Chidera’s outburst wasn’t just reckless; it was catastrophic. Now the entire continent believed Nnenna had something bad to do with King Ikechukwu’s

Which was a lie.

A dangerous, venomous lie.

Abuchi’s jaw was

said a word since the bomb dropped, but the silence around him was more terrifying than

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