Lanark was an Archduchy that condemns commoners to a lifetime of discrimination. But all that Leopold could do was follow Grace back to that pit of misery.
The first thing he did was to find his older brother, Atticus, he groveled at his feet begging for information about his stolen beloved, for Hanna, his sister-in-law, was a maid and a midwife in the Archduke's manor.
Atticus was not content at all with the deeds of his younger brother, he felt responsible for Leopold's shortcomings for he was the one to have raised him. But he too was a father to a young boy whom he loved and cherished.
Against all of his principles, he placed his loyalty to the kind Archduke aside and told his brother everything he knew. It was quite the story that took place only a month ago.
