Chapter 331: Violet: Reputation

30 March, 1359. Magdaline Castle, Islia

Violet was wandering the corridors of the castle that flanked the northern garden, looking for Leo and growing more irate by the minute as she failed to find him. He'd told her there was a cockfight scheduled in the garden that afternoon and he'd be attending with a group of nobles.

Violet loathed cockfighting and any messy, violent blood sports. It mystified her that Leo and the other princes seemed to enjoy them.

Her husband had promised he'd return to their apartments after the cockfight ended as she'd told him she wanted to discuss some financial matters with him. Violet's father had recently pleaded with her to provide him with some funds. She'd ignored his desperate requests for years but the situation had recently turned very grave. The Duchy of Orravalo might actually cease to exist, crushed to nothing under the weight of its debts.