No Price Too Steep!

Whispers had gone quiet regarding the upcoming marriage between Erwin and Alya… After the Count who challenged Christoph went missing, word quickly got around of what had happened. Everybody knew what Christoph had done, but nobody had any evidence to report him to the proper authorities.

And because of this, even quietly among friends, few if any of the higher nobility dared to utter their thoughts regarding the upstart who was marrying off his son to some lowborn Russian girl. Word eventually reached Heidi's ears, and because of this she invited Christoph and his wife out for tea.

Gone were days where Heidi would silently dispose of people behind her husband's back. If a threat reared its ugly head, she would leave such dirty and blood business to the men in her life. Bruno was one of them, but he was about as subtle as a fragmentation grenade being tossed into a living room.