This chapter's epigraph comes from a conversation between the beast king and his mate, the boar. The king tells the boar that he is the rightful heir to the throne. The two men reminisce about the time when they were part of a group of people who were waiting for the king. The boar tells the king that he was the one who was handed over to the king by the king's men. He also says that the boar is his mate and that the two of them planned to kidnap the king and sell him as a hostage. He says that he will be fine without his omega so long as the boar does not do anything to him. He then asks the boar to help him out a bit.