KAEL I stared at the screen of my tablet, my grip tightening until the casing groaned. The headlines were a f*****g bloodbath. No one was talking about Zeus. They were now talking about my marriage with Nyxara. They were digging through years of public appearances, interviews, charity galas, royal events, photographs, recordings. And every single thing they found made me look worse. A video from three years ago showed Nyx standing alone during a fundraising event while I spent half the evening speaking to donors. Another clip showed me walking ahead of her while she struggled to keep up after a ceremony. Someone had even posted footage from the chandelier accident with a caption that said: Why did Kael Blackwood abandon his pregnant wife to a falling chandelier? Footage I’d complet

