48 Sabotaging the Inner Court

Things had already devolved into this, and Sonina didn't want to be the only one blamed. After all, Kanaru was not the first victim of their fancy hit-and-run to get a male concubine out of the picture. They would even do this to anyone who deserved to be scorned. Sometimes, however, it was only because the male concubine was comparable to the king's image.

The tiger then gasped as she thought of something she could bargain with. "Names! I will give you all the names of all the male concubines we trapped in that situation! Please, don't punish me alone! We all wanted this to happen! We don't want you to look at someone else!"

Fenris glared at them, and Rodnir called for order. However, the clamor only stopped when Fenris spoke loudly, "Silence! Nothing you say now will save you!"