Quarin was pacing back and forth in the Sultan's office, agitated as a caged lion, in the presence of his parents. He was livid. Not only had that asshole cousin of his gone out with Regina, and goodness knows how he was scheming to bed her, but now the Sultan had been contacted by Krupahw’s press officer, and he was concerned. As if he needed this added trouble, especially on a day when his nerves were already on edge. On Charmant's i********: profile, there appeared a staged scene where she portrayed herself with a swollen and bruised face, performing a tearful pantomime. In a feeble and often sobbing voice, she lamented how Quarin had brutally beaten her, and that it wasn't the first time. She claimed that every time she allowed herself to be persuaded to return to him because she l

