Salaz
ied every emotion beneath a calm, placid surface. From this moment on, I was Aine Sa
sponsible for teaching etiquette to the young ladies. She was rigid and severe, but
e would be a
open impatiently as I
leather boots stopped in front of the opening. Mrs. Gable's voice
ightened, hesitant posture, my eyes darting to the magnificent manor befor
n me, assessing me. The "w
oice as soft as a mouse, laced wit
ir. I guessed she hadn't expected me to
ely calling her "that old woman
s. Gable's voice hel
y told me about you. They said you were the most respected Elder on th
held out a gloved hand. "According to protocol, you should be assisted f
er hand, jumped down, and was immediately labeled "rude a
e. I placed my small, cold
en. She clearly hadn't e
ful and steady, each step conforming to the strictest aristocratic etiquette. These were thing
shment in her eyes. She had probably expected a clums
ho taught you?" she
oblewoman. I watched how she walked." I offered anothe
at me had changed completely. The scrutiny and disdain w
succeeded in
respects to the Matriarch, Lady Beatrice,
own me any warmth in my past life, only to be disappointe
er the bowing servants. Their faces held a
d me and the few young servants who had
, but I quickly regained my compo
eye. A man in a senior servant's uniform was roughly
g crashed to the ground, the
nd, about to slap the
ice was not loud, but it was
e, including the man with
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