French Fantasy 1x1 Anna and Echo

[EchoOfShatteredIce]

Callias ate without talking much, his thoughts on everything that he needed to get done today while he discreetly watched Lucien out of the corner of his eye.

Nadia growled at them, wrenching free from their grasp and getting up. "It's wrong for them to treat her like that! And I don't care if I loose this job. King Callias is training me to be an advisor." She shoved away from them and aimed a blow at Delphine's father as she rushed back into the lounge, determined to protect Delphine. "Don't touch her!" she shrieked at him, fighting him back as much as she could, which wasn't very much.

Ilaria was passing by when she noticed Fleur. She followed, confused by her upset demeanor and wanting to help. She lightly knocked on the supply closet's door. "Fleur?" she called softly.

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Suddenly the princess from italy, who had been up and partying as late as Delphinebut who seemed completely fine and practically spilling sunshine out of her, sat down beside Callias, giving him a brilliant. "What did you do to get England to send Lucien back here? They keep insisting they had nothing to do with it but when I heard you guys sent him home they wouldnt send him to Italy to be an ambassador to us."

Delphine's father grabbed her wrist when she tried to strike him and hit her hard across the face. "I could have you killed for trying to attack an aristocrat." he snarled at her before spitting in her face and tossing her to the ground. Delphine shakily sat up but wouldn't look at Nadia. "Go finish breakfast." She snapped. "I didnt summon you and dont want you here."

Fleur cursed under her breath and tried to clean herself up. Of course Ilaria was here. She wouldn't understand this. She was beautiful and perfect and had everyone from Gale to the king wrapped around her finger. She got up and picked up her bucket of soapy water before opening the door. "Hey. There was a spill in here they needed me to clean. Do you need something?" She asked, smiling despite her red face from crying.

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Callias smiled politely at her. "I offered him a different position rather than being an ambassador. They didn't have anything to do with it. It was his decision."

Nadia gasped, humiliated as she wiped the spit from her face. She scrambled onto her feet, glaring at Delphine's father. "I'd like to see you try! The king wouldn't tolerate having his mistress being hit!" She ignored Delphine, refusing to leave the lounge.

"Is everything alright? You've been crying." She frowned worriedly at her. "Please let me help. I don't want you to be upset."

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Princess Giorgia groaned and looked sadly at Lucien. "We were looking forward to when we got to have him. I met him when he was finishing up his training and found him charming." She looked back at Callias and smiled. "You are very lucky to get to work with him. If you get bored of him you will have to send him our way."

The Duke grit his teeth and struck her again. "The king cast her aside. He wont care what some maid has to say about his garbage, not when it is against one of his dukes." He snarled.
Delphine couldn't stand to see Nadia getting hit but knew that defending her would just make things worse. She struggled to ehr feet and limped over to Nadia, grabbing a fist full of her hair and forcefully dragging her from the room and out into the backyard where she tossed her into the grass. 'I gave you an order!" She snapped at her as she wiped the blood away from her nose and onto her sleeve.

Fleur shook her head, but she didnt want to lie to Ilaria. "Gale is just being stupid and keeps sticking his nose where it doesnt belong. I will be fine. I am just being overdramatic." She knew it was only a matter of time before Ilaria heard the gossip as well so there wasnt a point in denying it. She couldn't meet her eyes, too ashamed to face anyone. "I am sorry for worrying you."

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"Noted." He smiled at her, but was worried on the inside. What if moving to Italy would be the best thing for Lucien? Princess Giorgia seemed pleasant enough, and she seemed to like Lucien. He was uncertain if being here was in his best interest.

Nadia got up and wrapped her arms around herself, shooting Delphine an injured look before running away, hurrying away from Delphine's house. She nearly ran into Gale, her eyes welling up making it hard for her to see all that well.

"If you insist.." She felt like it was something to worry about, but she didn't push it. "No, don't apologize. You're my friend. Of course I'd worry about you."

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Giorgia watched Callias' expression, giggling as she watched him get worried. "Dont worry. if he came ehre for your job offer I doubt he would leave to come back to italy with us to be an ambassador again." She picked up her glass and sipped ehr drink happily. "So what do you think of him, by the way? Ive been getting mixed reviews."

Delphine watched her go but didnt let her grief show on her face as she turned and reentered her house to try to keep ehr father from pressing charges on nadia.

Gale took Nadia into his arms as she stumbled into him, holding her protectively. "Whoa whoa whoa. Where's the fire?" He asked as he looked at the red mark on her cheek worriedly. 'What happened?"

Fleur tried to summon a smile in response to that but it waivered as tears began to resurface. "i should get back to work." She breathed as she heard once again the story of what Gale was trying to do being told between the people cleaning the dishes.

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"He's a fine person. He seems to be intelligent and well educated. He will be a good addition to my council." He excused himself once he had given her an answer, eager to get out of the conversation. He got up, glancing over at Lucien to catch his eye before leaving the dining room.

Nadia sobbed, gripping his shirt tightly as she clung to him. "Delphine's being abused. I need to get the king to protect her from her family."

Ilaria watched her go sadly, wanting to help her friend. She'd have to talk to Gale.

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Giorgia frowned, confused as to what she had said but returned to ehr place.

Lucien waited a few minutes before excusing himself and going after Callias "What happened? You were talking to Italy. What could go wrong with italy?" He asked confused when he found him.

Gale held her tighter as he looked at the house worriedly. "Lets just get you cleaned up." He said and guided her back to the castle to get her some ice for ehr cheek and to get some help calming her down. "We will figure this out." he promised as he held her.

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Callias smirked a bit, continuing to walk. "Nothing was wrong. I just want to get started on the things that need to be done." He glanced over at Lucien. "They seem to like you. They want you to be an ambassador with them."

Nadia whimpered, clinging to him as she followed. "But she's hurt..." She trembled in his arms. "We need to get to the king. He can stop them."

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Lucien chuckled, blushing slightly. "Ya. They have wanted me since they met me while I was in school. When i got kicked out of England they weren't needing one and you guys were so they just sent me to the first place available. I received a very angry letter from her my first week here. Apparently she would have made room for me but I didn't know so oh well."

"The king is busy with all of the foreign royals. I doubt we will be able to catch him alone. Ilaria may be able to get to him, though. Lets jut help you first and then i will find her and ask her." He said as he guided her into the kitchen and helped her onto a stool. He left her for only a moment and when he returned he had a large chunk of ice wrapped in a cloth and held it out to her. "Was this the first time you've seen this?"