Chapter 114: Follow Their Father
The family walked into the Duke’s Tower together but they split off in different directions, leaving the kids standing there with their heads swiveling left and right, wondering who they should follow.
It was clear both parents were mad. Rochelle went to the winding stairs in the highest tower while Sir Arthur went down the northeast hall.
Arne looked to his older sister for guidance. She was as lost as he was. After having to deal with his mother’s incessant ranting as they traveled in a carriage for two days, he was hesitant to subject himself to that once more.
"Dad?" Irene asked her brother.
He nodded and they both followed the knight, seeing him going into the Duke’s study once more which was where their parents were in the first place.
As they went, they both silently prayed that their decision wouldn’t cause more strife in the already tense situation, but often their father was easier to face than their mother.
However, as the kids walked into the office and saw their father sitting at one of the finely crafted couches in front of the fire, they dreaded the expression he wore. Rather than the anger they saw as he stepped out of the Duke’s Tower’s back entrance, it had changed to something more melancholic.
His left hand held his right forearm where there was no hand, not even the prosthetic. His eyes were downcast and he stared into the fire that was always lit in the study during that time of year.
After seemingly the entire knighthood saw her family’s issues out in the open, Irene decided to shut the door once she and Arne were inside because it seemed that the problem wasn’t solved yet. She was petrified considering she had never seen her father behave in such a way before.