The arrest of Silviu Conti sent shockwaves through the kingdom.
Within hours of his capture, the news had spread like wildfire—through the Academy, through the packs, through the highest echelons of power.
The Conti family, one of the most prominent and influential families in the kingdom, was in disgrace. Their heir, the golden boy of the elite, had been exposed as a twisted stalker who had terrorized the Crown Princess for months.
The scandal was unprecedented.
And the Conti family fought back with everything they had.
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The first volley came within hours of Silviu's arrest.
Lord Conti, Silviu's father, arrived at the royal palace with a team of lawyers and a demeanor of cold, calculated fury. He demanded an audience with the King, insisting that his son was innocent, that the
