Chapter 392: A Suffocating Silence

Now they burned with betrayal.

“This girl…”

“She killed him.”

“Ungrateful witch.”

“He raised her like a daughter, and she paid him back with death?!”

“Monster in silk.”

“A snake hidden in royal robes.”

They didn’t care that the full story hadn’t been told. They didn’t want the full story. The Queen had fed them just enough to let their imaginations do the rest.

The online space was no sanctuary. In fact, it was worse.

The Queen’s statement had been short, but to the public, it was a confession. A veiled confirmation. And the internet did what it did best, speculate, dissect, exaggerate, and attack.

Even some of Nnenna’s long time fans began to waver, their faith cracked by that sorrowful royal performance.

@LionaraSage: I was rooting for her, but if the Queen says the death was unnatural and a family secret… that’s serious.

@TeaAndTiaras: Wait, she really lived under his roof and might have had a hand in his death?! What kind of plot twist is this?

@EbereStan247: This is why we said Ebere deserves the spotlight. Nnenna’s too suspicious!

Not y’all forgetting she was adopted and suddenly lived a life of privilege. She probably got tired

look like a murderer. Can we

then explain the Queen’s exact words. I’ll

filled with love hearts and awe, had turned into a battlefield. Angry red faced

offline, the whispers were just as

not even

think we clapped

said she was too quiet. Quiet ones

voices dared to defend

more

shocked… that wasn’t guilt,

they were drowned out. For every whisper of support, ten more spit

now recoiled, not wanting to be seen siding with someone under suspicion. Others, fans

her for having ever stood in the

the royal delegation grew heavier, like a storm quietly brewing behind gilded smiles and

in toward

catch that? Queen Chioma’s words… she didn’t

his wine slowly. “Exactly. ‘Unnatural,’ she said. That wasn’t grief talking, that was a message wrapped in lace. A buried

down harder than necessary. “I told you all something was off about her!” he hissed, voice just low enough

our engagement without warning, then this orphan girl is suddenly walking beside him like a crowned jewel?! It’s clear. She removed the late king to raise her own status. We

Chimeg, crossed her arms coldly. “I liked Nnenna once. But that was before she became Somto’s shadow. This entire event feels

hushed but firm. “We cannot assume guilt without proof. The Queen’s

Queen Mireya of Belveth. “That’s what makes them

truly killed King Ikechukwu,

protection,” Duke Tinrin said grimly, his eyes

what kind of king defends

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