"The Duke is currently preoccupied with matters of the Kingdom."
Victoria lifted an eyebrow at the man whose pupils resembled blood. The man had been respectful nonetheless, but looking at his eyes had given her all sorts of emotions that she doesn't particularly like.
"Matters of the Kingdom," she uttered, clearly unsatisfied with the lie that the Duke had come up with to avoid seeing her. Victoria knew that the Duke must have heard about her. She is the current matriarch of the prestigious Lux Family, someone who should be respected everywhere.
She expected him to at least show himself to greet her. Honestly, what was she expecting from someone hailing from the North?
Those barbarians were only known for fighting the monsters. They are lacking in manners and etiquette.
The fact that she expected him to even acknowledge her presence was already a mistake.
