A man with glowing pink eyes was sat in front of a lit fireplace with a glass of whiskey resting on the small round table beside his armchair.
The crackling of wood filled the stiff silence of the room and gave him something to stare at as he contemplated the impact of what he had just learned.
A newspaper was spread out across his lap and on the front page, a picture of a blue-eyed woman staring into the camera with a small smile on her face.
The picture was a casual one, probably taken, carelessly at what appeared to be a wedding, that had been dug up by the desperate press to display alongside that of the King.
When King Octavius announced that he would be claiming his mate soon and crowning her as queen, it had caused quite a stir and the whole world lost its mind.
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