For the following days, Vivian kept an ear to the ground and another to her advisors. The business was booming in unprecedented ways, bringing with it money, assets, and a host of troubles in just a few days. Yet with this remarkable growth, Vivian's attention was still focused on the movement of the Crown Prince and his cronies, as well as the heroine and any faction affiliated with them.
But once she turned home, Vivian would go up the stairs and see her father resting on his back and Saskia lying her head on his lap. They smiled at each other and exchanged words before she ate her dinner all by herself in the dining room.
Count Julian and Lady Saskia were in no critical state. Still, as Saskia was slowly recovering from her skin condition, the Count was not showing any signs of recovery from the Blackthorn.
Nobody was.
But a discovery was made.
