"Princess, like many others you misunderstand my plans with Xavier. I might have thought we would be good together as a married couple but I knew for a long time that wasn’t what Xavier wanted. We used each other for fun," Vivienne said, smiling once more.
She had let Morgana get the best of her but never again. Vivienne wouldn’t be laughed at by a woman who couldn’t get Xavier to notice her.
"Since Xavier is far out of your reach now he is married, who have you decided to give your time to? Darius," Vivienne looked at her husband. "You must help your sister pick a good man. Isn’t it about time she is with someone instead of chasing after a married man?"
"Surely you know from experience that marriage means nothing for our kind. It is simply a little promise we make to be at someone’s side for a lifetime. I can go after Xavier as much as I like but I am certain you would like if I don’t," said Morgana.
Vivienne regretted coming here. As old as the princess was, Morgana had a special way of acting like a child and Vivienne wasn’t in the mood for it. She needed to find out who would be the next woman to join Juliana at Darius’s side.
"I don’t know what you speak of. I have come here to speak with your brother alone so if you don’t mind, it is time you leave," Vivienne said, ignoring Morgana’s accusation.
Morgana sat down, showing that she wasn’t ready to leave. "I am not going anywhere. Where is my precious niece? I do not see her at your side ever. Do you not love her?"
"I love my daughter more than anything in this world-"
"Yet you are never at her side as a maid raises her. You do know a woman can take the throne right? If only her mother would show her a little bit more attention but then again, I have always heard your mother never had time for you. Should I care for your daughter?" Morgana asked Darius.
"You are not going anywhere near my daughter. She is in good hands and I will raise her to be a very good royal," Vivienne replied.
"You said that like there is something wrong with me. I could be a good mother to her. I could teach her not to be like her mother who allows her husband to attack her maid and then kill the poor woman. Or, is that what you want her to be?" Morgana asked, once again silencing Vivienne.
"Morgana," Darius warned his sister.
"I already told you if you don’t want what you do to get out then make it private. I’ve always known my brother to be a pig but then you go and just kill someone loyal to you. That I cannot understand," Morgana said, trying to figure out Vivienne.
Vivienne thought Morgana had some nerve to be more upset about what she did. "He lured my maid to a room to attack her to the point she went unconscious for a moment but you are questioning me giving her a peaceful death? It is what she wanted."
"Is it? It could be that she expected you to do something to avenge her but she already knew you were going to kill her. We’ve lost so many servants because of you and your jealousy. All I am saying is you two deserve each other," Morgana concluded.
Vivienne bit her tongue. She was better than this to be arguing with a childish woman.
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