Despite everything that had happened, not once did the Royal Family come to retrieve Claire, nor did they send anyone to console or persuade her, as if she held no value to them at all. It was strange. Unsettling. Suspicious. Given her supposed importance and her connection to the palace, such disregard was highly unusual.
Even now, with the truth of what had happened beginning to emerge, there were still no summons, no punishment decreed—nothing. While it was clear the Alpha King was isolating their pack, something both Levi and Zion had sensed early on, the complete lack of action from the Royal Court was beginning to feel like more than just royal indifference. It felt calculated.
