I Had Good Intentions, And the Highest Hopes

Shuule grumbled, not loving the idea that they had to defend her, but it was true. She had all these plans for the coming weeks, training, growing, exploring the city, but they needed to be put on hold, for now. She had to lay low, blend in, if she could. She had to see if the King was going to have anything personal to say about the death of a child bearing aged female at her own claws. They would need to see if there was any retaliation against Anna and her family - even though there were no laws about severing spousal ties, if Edgar figured out that Arthur was gone, he may panic. Luckily, with thousands upon thousands of Beasts in the city under his rule, one single tiger wasn't going to be noticed right away.

"Set," Shuule asked sharply. "Did you two kill Arthur outside of the walls?"

Set flicked his tongue. "No," he said, annoyed. "Iro wanted him alive. He felt that it wasn't a proper punishment to give him the gift of death so soon."