Luciana walked into the chamber she shared with her husband, and she found him seated there, having a snack and drinking wine.
"I'm glad you are here now, my love. I have been starving and was waiting for you to ask the maids to bring us something to eat. Where have you been?"
Her first thought was to ask him to go tell his mother to get him food, or better still, go ask the wife he was planning to get. But she knew better than to say something like that.
A day ago, she would have excitedly gone to sit down beside him, and by now, she would have asked the maids to serve them brunch in their chamber. But after hearing the conversation he had with the queen earlier while he was here pretending like all was fine, she felt her insides boil with anger.
