Through A Busy Bazaar

A week had passed since the king's death, and although gloom had taken over Elenaris, it felt like the people's hurt was not because of Zeil's death. Rather it was a lack of a competent ruler, like the titan that once kept peace in the kingdom. But with him gone and his son murdered, the seat of the king lay empty with only one princess left to inherit it–had she not exposed her own crimes against the kings of crows and her siblings. 

"She's in the dungeons now, not a word of complaint or any demands. Even the food we gave her has been just rotting in a corner," Regalia, having been forced to return to her duty by the council, had come to inform Raven about what was going on in the castle.