Arthur was backed into a corner literally and figuratively. He had nothing he could say to change the circumstances. He had betrayed his spouse, his home. It was then that his golden eyes went dark, narrowing, locking into Anna's pitiful gaze.
"Do you really want to know, Anna?" he growled.
Everyone in the room was taken aback by his sudden change of tone, Harvey, gripping the side of the table with one clawed fist.
"Do you know what it's like being the least favored?" Arthur went on. "Why would you, princess? How? I thought I was so lucky when our King asked me to be your mate. Hand chosen out of thousand of tigers. A promising leader. To continue a pure line of tigers from the original cats that called these trees home. How would I have known I'd be cast off to be your servant boy while," He gestured in disgust to Ryan, "fucking THIRD would be more loved than me?!"