Chapter 268

They also know that their queen's child belongs to this king, but the cub was not one made out of love or any good feeling at all, as there was none between the two people involved. It was only a given that a child be made from their time together because their queen was his slave for more than a year.

So Sonma cleared his throat. “Well, according to my visitor, there are some procedures they must go through to pick out the most deserving. There are also some questions to be asked. The queen will dance with some of the noblemen, and if she chooses anyone, she is allowed to go to bed with him tonight if she chooses.”

Silence. “What!?” One word so calmly spoken still sounded like a bomb in the small house.

Sonma missed his reaction. The old man was mixing his hot liquid together in all concentration or he would have seen the way his visitor's fingers balled into tight fists—and the fact that he sat up in the squeaky old chair.

The older man continued his tale c