While Alex was going to his lands with the three girls, another carriage was travelling in the opposite direction.
Inside of it, Marquess Seth Perry was biting the fingernail of his right thumb while Baron Rowan Harvey was seated in front of him, nervously waiting. On his left, Earl Marley Barker, a long-time friend of Marquess Seth Perry, was fiddling with his fingers, thinking about what happened inside the Chamber of Lords.
Baron Rowan could no longer hold his curiosity and asked, “Marquess… what happened in the Chamber? Something went wrong with our plan, judging by your look when you entered the carriage.”
Marquess Seth looked at him with anger in his eyes. “Our plan? Our plan, you say? Shouldn’t you be saying your plan? Was it not you who contacted as many Lords as possible, in se
