Chapter 264: The Darkhaven secret
Abrielle knew her mother and aunt were in the mood for a fight. She felt sorry for the guards who were here to serve the amusement of a bunch of bored noble ladies.
"Lady Astrid had clearly stated we..." Guard stubbornly insisted on the rules once more. He was truly a Zealous man something Abrielle admired his character for.
Rebecca glanced at Ava, and the Ladies started laughing. "I was expecting the dowager queen or maybe Eleanor," Rebecca laughed, referring to the queen without her title. It spoke volumes of Rebecca’s audacity, not power. The Nightshade family might be powerful and all but the royal family still held the main power.
Rebecca was in quote a popular troublemaker in her social circle especially during her early days when she was struggling to fit into the roles before she turned into the graceful lady she was now
She was older than the queen and still remembered the day Eleanor was brought to Darconia. During Eleanor’s early days, Rebecca had been among the ladies appointed by the Dowager queen to educate the new queen
Honestly, Eleanor and Rebecca had a rather good relationship Rebecca promised to match Abrielle with Lucian once she was born. She knew that the wife of the crown prince ultimately held more power than a duchess. Sebastian was always a last resort.
But life had other plans, her daughter rejected outrightly having anything to do with Lucian before it was official. Abrielle hated the thought of it from the first day Rebecca mentioned him along with several other top nobles. There was even a time when Abrielle was meant to be married out officially to a foreign prince for diplomatic reasons.
Abrielle refused and attempted to kill herself, saying she would rather die than marry anyone except the tyrant’s first prince. Rebecca cried her heart out that day at her obsessed daughter’s foolish words, knowing it was a bad idea.
This was not time to think about her back story, but she laughed at the fact the Guard chose Astrid over Rebecca.