[Evening in Edelgard's home is typically a quiet affair, even though it's when she's active. She is settled in a chair, pouring over notes from the Mirrorbound Council meetings at her desk and quietly working on a paper supporting Ozymandias's proposal when she hears a clatter...and the tell-tale beating of a heart.
She rises quickly, smoothly, her hand gripping the quill she'd been working with like a dagger. How had someone gotten past Hubert's wards...let alone into her bedroom? It wasn't one of her bondmates, she'd have felt them coming. No, instead, it's...]
Arrival
She rises quickly, smoothly, her hand gripping the quill she'd been working with like a dagger. How had someone gotten past Hubert's wards...let alone into her bedroom? It wasn't one of her bondmates, she'd have felt them coming. No, instead, it's...]
...Marianne?