Cold heart emoji1/7/2023 ![]() ![]() It's not entirely his fault that he's about as much use as a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest. He means well, but he should have been dropped on his head as a baby. He didn't get out much, but he meant well, and occasionally surprised people with his firm grasp of politics. Fortunately William found numbers both more interesting and easier to deal with than people, so he was perfectly suited to the job. It was a job that couldn't be trusted to an outsider, but which most members usually avoided like the plague, on the grounds it was far too much like hard work, and if they'd wanted to work they wouldn't have been born an aristocrat. William Campbell was tall, thin and intense, and the bookkeeper of the Family. "Did you want to say something, William? No? I didn't think so. There's someone I want you to meet."Īdrienne rounded on him, and he fell back a step. Fortunately for you, they couldn't keep me out of a wedding this important. Personally, I've never been embarrassed in my life. Mostly they try and keep me away from public functions on the grounds I embarrass them. I'm the one you've probably been warned about, and you should believe every word. And of course, if something should go wrong, Robert was the most expendable member of the Family at present. In order to keep Robert and his branch of the Family from becoming a laughingstock, a marriage had been hastily arranged that would serve the dual purpose of establishing Robert in society and help close the gap between the Campbells and the Shrecks. Mostly because it was so damn embarrassing. Robert's father had been the Campbell's younger brother, who died three months previously in an accident the Family still didn't like to talk about. The groom, Robert Campbell, was currently being supported and encouraged by his cousin Finlay's brothers, William and Gerald Campbell. Her intended prey didn't even realize she was coming. She stalked off through the crowd, opening up a path for herself through sheer strength of personality. If it's any help, I felt much the same before my wedding, and I've been happy enough. Anyway, whatever else we may be, we're Campbells first. Or do they taste it? I've never been sure. If we didn't, where would we be? In complete bloody chaos, and all the other Families would charge in like sharks scenting blood in the water. The Campbell sets the rules, and we have to follow them. Especially since William and Gerald kept explaining it to him. But he was old enough to understand politics and know his duty. ![]() One moment the Shrecks were a deadly enemy to be fought on every occasion, and now here he was marrying one. He was still trying to get used to how much his world had changed. He was average height, as fighting fit as years of military training could make him, and at seventeen old enough to marry, but not old enough to object to the marriage. ![]() "And who better than you?" murmured Finlay. "And then you can settle down to getting to know your bride," said Gerald. "This is a wedding, after all, not the dentist's." "Do try and at least look cheerful," said William to young Robert. William flinched visibly, and was still trying to find the right words with which to introduce Adrienne when she stepped forward, brushing him aside and smiled at Robert. Robert and William Campbell looked up to see standing before them Adrienne Campbell, large as life and twice as loud. "Keep on encouraging him like that, and we'll have to drive him to the altar with whips," said a loud, carrying voice. ![]()
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