Chapter 2: Sold! (1)
Pushing aside her encounter with the duchess, Lady Elaine headed straight for her son’s room, hoping to find him, but she was met with more disappointment after opening the door.
Rather than seeing the nuisance of a son she was looking for, she saw her sixteen-year-old daughter who was worryingly pacing back and forth, only to halt in her footsteps after sighting her mother.
"Inna?"
"Mother." Her expression regained calm as she hurried to stand beside her at the entrance of the door. "Have you found Brother yet? It won’t be long before Father makes his way into the building, and Brother isn’t in his room."
"No, I haven’t seen your Brother." Her Mother worriedly responded. "Today’s meeting with your father is extremely crucial. Your Father is going to give more in-depth lessons about the duties of a Duke, and running a Dukedom, but your brother obviously doesn’t care. He keeps making himself look bad in front of your father. Does he not want to be picked as heir? He certainly acts like it!"
"But where could he have gone? I don’t think he returned home last night. Did you check the house of the Marquees?" Inna inquired in a soft tone.
"I’m just came from there. Remember the last warning I gave to your Brother? I took a knife with me so I could chase him back here with it, but he isn’t there."
"Brother has a hobby for getting into trouble. There’s no one I know of that relates with Brother, people call him insane and no one dares to associate with him, so his whereabouts are--"
The sound of riding carriages made its way into their building, causing the both of them to gasp in horror.