she hears the violent teasing from across the yard, nestled between the courtyard and the stables, and signals for one of her ladies to fetch her son in a flash of, what might be, maternal sympathy and mercy and protectiveness. but once the boy arrives, she knows little of what to do with him. ❝ marta? ❞ she addresses her lady again instead of her son. ❝ fetch prince hans a book or two from his rooms. ❞ perhaps reading and sitting quietly won’t completely unnerve the both of them, practical strangers though they are.
@heirlast // rosalind & hans ; closed .








