Now they burned with betrayal.
"This girl..."
"She killed him."
"Ungrateful witch."
"He raised her like a daughter, and she paid him back with death?!"
"Monster in silk."
"A snake hidden in royal robes."
They didn't care that the full story hadn't been told. They didn't want the full story. The Queen had fed them just enough to let their imaginations do the rest.
The online space was no sanctuary. In fact, it was worse.
The Queen's statement had been short, but to the public, it was a confession. A veiled confirmation. And the internet did what it did best, speculate, dissect, exaggerate, and attack.
Even some of Nnenna's long time fans began to waver, their faith cracked by that sorrowful royal performance.
@LionaraSage: I was rooting for her, but if the Queen says the death was unnatural and a family secret… that's serious.
@TeaAndTiaras: Wait, she really lived under his roof and might have had a hand in his death?! What kind of plot twist is this?
