Post by Nicolette Deveraux on Apr 17, 2015 20:51:04 GMT -5
The journey from Lockewood to Bordelaix gave Nicolette plenty of time to consider what needed to be done. There was no question of action being taken; rather, to what extent would that action be taken, and who would be put in place in the wake of it to ensure that it did not need to be taken again? She could not necessarily negate the very real possibility that the attacks on her sisters were incorporated in the efforts to rid Vasile of the Romanov leadership, but she did not focus on it. Instead, the Crown Princess accepted that the current state of affairs needed investigation.
Time was not on their side in this; the uprising in Vanderhall had to be quelled as soon as possible and order restored to the region before their northern neighbor sought to take advantage of the chaos to expand southward or worse. This promised to be the first true test of her as Regent and future Queen. With that in mind, Nicolette sent a page to collect the four people whom she needed in this venture. Her mind refused to be quiet, but she drew in several deep breaths to calm herself while she waited.
Since returning to Bordelaix, she appropriated the more private library as her personal working space, wanting to establish a solid, secure and appropriate place in which to conduct Crown business while not displacing her father. Alexandre was still King, he had the right to maintain his throne and his crown in the style that befitted him, but while he was still King in name, she did not want to give the incorrect impression that she sought to usurp the throne. Too many nobles and courtiers were watching her to make that kind of mistake.
For the purposes of meetings, Nicolette did not rely on a desk, though one stood for her use in the library. Instead, she intended to make use of the polished round table to encourage open discussion and the exchange of ideas on how to handle Vasile and who had it in them to take the reins. Selecting a chair, she seated herself to wait for the four men to join her. They had a number of serious decisions to make to retake control of a volatile region and restore peace to Archades.
Jean-Luc Deveraux, @stephanedeveraux, @pierredeveraux, @juliendeveraux