Powerful? Subdue? Artie only chuckled. "Don't flatter me that way, Lady Faryl. I don't think I should be described as powerful for actually breaking through the prince's walls." A maid was going around to offer goblets of wine, and Artie paused to get one. "He's a bit lonely, and this auntie can't leave it as it is."
"Auntie?" Lady Faryl loathed the gossipers a lot, but she did also feel like Artie and Herriot's relationship was rather inappropriate. The man was unmarried while the woman was too young for her husband. The two of them interacted rather casually as well, too close for acquaintances. It didn't help that Larkin was not on good terms with the prince at all. However, Artie referred to herself as… Herriot's auntie?
