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The Fourth Son

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People to see things to do.

First on the list was his sister, the one hoping that when all else failed, she would become Queen.

Of course, being a surviving male, he had usurped her hopes, and it wasn’t going to be an easy reunion once they were alone.

And seeing Isobel, her counterpart in the next principality and fierce rival, and sometimes enemy at the gate over the last 800 years, nothing is going to be simple.

At least she hasn’t tried to assassinate him yet.

Then, there is the fiancé of Edward, the man who would have been king, and whose body had still not been recovered and probably might not.

She’s genuinely upset and appears to know nothing about any plot to disappear and meet up later in Paris, or that she was on her way to Paris for any other reason than just leaving like it was normal.

The new king insists she stay for the King’s funeral.

Then there’s the fiancé of Gregory, the princess that had Bern selected for our new king, as much a match could be made when they were younger.

They had never hit it off, but she stayed and found her way with the King’s immediate older brother.

She, too, seems upset, but not as much as she could be.  She wants to stay and honour his memory in some way, and that is fine with the king.

She had met his choice of bride and, being a non-royal, offers to guide her through the process, though admitting Rush is not going to be a shrinking violet.

Three down and lots to go.