It seemed that Lady Cheldarine had spoken more than she intended as Elise caught the look upon her face and the covering of the mouth with her hand as if it would take back what had already been spilled. Elise was burning to know about this first wife, what had happened other than that she had died. Leaning forward as she pushed for more, listening intently as Lady Cheldarine was so close to telling her until it was ruined by the serving woman. [color=00aeef][i][b]Typical[/b][/i][/color]. Elise thought bitterly as she settled back into the chair nodding along to Lady Cheldarines words. 

[color=00aeef][b]“Yes. I understand what you are saying. I wish I could have more input, but I’m still learning and meeting all these people myself.”[/b][/color] 

Elise slipped into the other conversation smoothly, it hadn’t been the first time she had to do something like this as that was often the case when in court. Conversations changed at the drop of a hat to hide anything they could have been discussing before. 

[color=00aeef][b]“I’m sure you will choose a great match for your son. I know you’re rather proud of him.”[/b][/color] Elise smiled as she picked up one of the cups to enjoy the warm herbal tea, after all they had requested for the tea, so she didn’t want to ignore it and look suspicious. 

[color=00aeef][b]“I was wondering if you’d be willing to teach me sometime. You have a wealth of knowledge about your home here, I’d love to learn it myself, embrace the culture so maybe one day people can be proud of me.”[/b][/color] Eyes flicked to her cup of tea as she blew off the steam from the top before taking a sip of the hot liquid, finding that as it ran down her throat it warmed her greatly. Elise hadn’t realised how cold she found herself to be lately, but the lack of sleep didn’t aid with that fact. 

Just chatting idly Elise continued to sip her tea happy that she had acted quite naturally when the serving woman had arrived back, [color=00aeef][b]“Thank you Lady Cheldarine, for the visit. It’s most appreciated.”[/b][/color] There was no hint of a lie in her voice as she was grateful to see the woman, she had been alone for quite a few days with no visitors and this had been a nice change of pace to her day. Even if it had been unexpected as she would not have been surprised if Ozragad left her to rot here, but the conversation had her thinking on just how important the peace was to that warlord. 

Now with new information it was becoming difficult to know what the right option was anymore, should she just marry him? Let there be peace among the kingdoms as her happiness compared to thousands was just a small price to pay for that. Just because she was bound to him didn’t mean she had to be with him every day, she was sure she’d be allowed to o her own thing. When it was safe. Flashes of her arrival passed through her mind remembering just how much unrest to his people this was causing, there were people out here would kill her within a heartbeat.