Down by the ocean [Allison]

Allison had never, nor would she ever, considered herself a good person. There had been many things she had done in her life that had hurt those who had been on the receiving end. While she had always told herself that it was for the good of the many, sacrificing the few, these past months had made terribly clear that life wasn’t as easy as that. That it had been Giovanni that had gotten inside of her head and that it was up to her to decide which parts of her past would be part of her future too, which parts were going to be put into the dark corner, where shame was the only thing she could feel? These were all things she had to figure out for herself now that she had taken the chance to start a new life. Giovanni was no more and she was no longer the girl she had once been. Quite the contrary, even, as she was now the Grand Duchess. And Grand would her reign be.

Evelyn seemed to have trouble keeping quiet about things that were of no matter to her, but Allison managed to keep the smile on her face. “So am I,” she calmly responded. “We all have our reasons.” Rhoynar was a logical target, if it had not been for the insane distance between the two countries. She hadn’t questioned the Jarl’s decisions, however, but had instead taken the opportunity with both hands. A true opportunist.

When Evelyn told her she could appreciate that, Allison nodded. “While it might not currently seem that way, I am not your enemy,” she calmly told the woman.”I hope that, one day, you will realize the same,” she calmly went on, still looking outside the window. Because, while she just said she wasn’t the enemy, she wouldn’t show mercy if this woman dared to do anything remotely stupid.