Sigefrida sighed as she gazed upon the report on her desk. Though the conspirators against Marcellus had been infiltrated, they had yet to be eliminated. She thought the slaying of Frugi would compel the eastern roman empire to cease its attempts to assassinate Marcellus, but she had just received word that yet another plot was in the mix to remove Marcellus from power.
As the weeks passed, the day that Marcellus married Placidia drew closer, and the girl was getting more hostile to every second. It was clear that she knew she was only a pawn of political marriage, and because of that, she took her frustrations out on Sigefrida with daily scoldings and tantrums.
