Chapter 319: A Wedding To Remember - Part 2

Standing by her father as masquerading men and women came to congratulate her, Robin's hands were being smeared with greed. Some whispered sweet lies, and some cackled their monstrous ploys, but the theme that was common through their hollow words, was their plans to undermine and eventually usurp more and more power from the king.

'They look at me like a tool for them to use, a proxy for their nasty plots…' Glancing across the smiling faces with a fake smile on her own lips, Robin for the first time was seeing the true nature of Athenian nobility. From shaking hands with other dukes to subtle attempts of seduction by the duchess and their daughters, she could see right through their actions and the false praise offered to her. 'Are they being more open to me because they think I must be complacent with my father's plans?'