Uncertainty.
Ebere locked herself in her room, unable to face anyone. Her father's death weighed heavily on her, and for the first time in her life, she felt the full impact of what life could be like.
Meanwhile, the Queen Mother had collapsed upon seeing her son dead. She suffered a heart attack and was now under constant medical care, barely conscious.
Queen Chioma, usually quick to seek out trouble with Nnenna, had grown strangely silent, distant, like she was bottling up excess feelings she couldn't express. It seemed even she had been deeply affected.
The rest of the royal siblings weren't faring much better. They tried to return to their usual duties, integrating themselves back into work, but their expressions told the truth. None of them were okay. None of them could be.
They had attempted to contact Somto, but he remained unreachable. So, they had no choice but to wait.
However, the person who had taken everything the hardest was Nnenna.
