Voices could be heard down the hall. One very familiar while one he had never heard before. Neither where raised as such but it could be told by the tones that an argument was under-way. It was not hard to work out what it must likely be. They had been dating for months now. It would have been strange if one of the staff at least had not reported back to the Lord of the castle.
"It is not as though I have much to offer any suitor you might like," he could hear one voice stating rather uncharacteristically. "Surely you will have more fortune with my brother when he grows.."
"It is unlike you to shrug your duties off unto another," was a rather chilling voice. It seemed to hold the tones of many all at once. It sounded... annoyed? Disappointed?
"No.. that is not what I had meant..." Frustrated. Unsure.
"It is not as though I have much to offer any suitor you might like," he could hear one voice stating rather uncharacteristically. "Surely you will have more fortune with my brother when he grows.."
"It is unlike you to shrug your duties off unto another," was a rather chilling voice. It seemed to hold the tones of many all at once. It sounded... annoyed? Disappointed?
"No.. that is not what I had meant..." Frustrated. Unsure.