that as well. But Marianne was sure, that the Duke had already lost his vigour due to his age. Instead, he probably wanted Rina for her powers.
negotiation – although Marianne thought it could hardly be called as such – ended almost without a hitch. But only ''almost''. There had been a small incident that had made her cautious.
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weakness.
use Rina afterwards. But having someone as powerful as the redhead doing her bidding would certainly be advantageous either way. But Rina had to fall first, so she put her plans for her on hold for later.
trashed by her schemes were to find out how her first big scheme, ''Seduce Rina and leech off her'', turned out, they would be probably turning over in their graves in despair.