19
Sagan
The response to the interview was immediate and the range was so wild that I had whiplash reading or watching it go from one extreme to the other. First, it was a report that I was basically a degenerate spitting on our whole society to dare question the elders.
Two guesses who that came from?
Yes, a man. And of course all the elders were men. That wasn’t inherently sexist or anything either.
Others thought the situation was unfortunate, but it was worse that I aired all that “dirty laundry” to embarrass the elders and Alphas when I was an outsider… Like I wasn’t born of the bloodline of the first ruler of the nation and had been adopted from another country or something.
Then there were those who said they felt bad for the men to have to compete for me when I wasn’t really a catch—short, overweight, and clearly an issue if so many were trying to get rid of me so fast.
There was a huge group of people though who were in an uproar and horrified to learn all of this. The hilarious part though?
They were our allies,notcitizens of Thovudin.
Yeah, really.
Protesia put out a statement that they were beyond disgusted and offered to send me aid should I need it and we weren’t really even friends. Same with Bodach.
Milvid where the mermaids lived. To the world, we were great allies and they were in an uproar, but I knew their leader and my father had almost come to physical blows once. So… That was interesting. Nyathar—the country of sirens that shared a continent with the mermaids—were our allies but would have taken everything of ours if they could in a heartbeat.
Buttheir whole government were women. It was in their laws that only a female heir could rule and so this level of sexism was beyond their understanding and they were very vocal about how ridiculous it was.
The trolls, rhinos, griffins, and anarrayof feline species leaders were all making loud statements about how behind Thovudin was in the times. And they were not only disgusted but disappointed. They hadn’t thought this of dragons and doubted Father had hidden it, but that people had hidden it fromhim.
But it made them reconsider their dealings with our nation going forward.Thatgave people pause. Not me or my feelings or morality orsanity,but a list of nations getting upset on my behalf made people revisit their quick and harsh opinions of me and what I’d done.
A few Alphas had spoken out in defense of themselves and were basically trying not to piss me off, but saying that I’d blown their reactions out of proportion. That I’d been grieving and not able to handle the situation properly—completely undermining me and painting me as a fragile female making the situation and my relationship with them worse.
Something I clearly needed to handle and definitively.
Lovely.
But others wisely waited to respond until getting the temperature of reactions, so several admitted their fault andapologized. That they agreed they were over the line but believedtheirfamily member would help protect me and the future of Thovudin, not simply be prince for them to brag about.
At least they are all throwing the elders under the bus and helping me there. That’s better than it could have gone.
I tossed my tablet aside and had another long drink of my wine.
Yes, of course I was drinking.
My second bottle even.
Could anyone blame me?
They probably would, but… Fuck them.
Fuck everyone.
It was Saturday night and I was beyond exhausted. I’d been fielding calls and more for over a day and doing my best not to tell people off as they basically lectured me for breaking my promise to keep things quiet.
When had I promised that?
I hadn’t. And I reminded them of that. Also, that I could have told the full truth, named people,andshown video, so they meant to thank me, right? If they weren’t insane, they should thank me next time they saw me.
Or there was no chance I’d consider their family member if they would obviously teach them such low morals and how to behave.
