Victoria was shivering from the cold. She hated being cold but she supposed it was good that it was raining at Aeronwen's funeral. She could fake the shivering for grief, not that she'd miss the young woman. The two women had not liked each other. Victoria was married, had been since she was seventeen, but her union to Henry wasn't anything made of fairy tales. He wasn't a horrible husband, he did not even have a mistress. He was just so boring. He was perfectly content being the Duke of New Haven. Henry was fine spending his days hunting, going wine tasting, playing sports, and spending time with their children. He had no ambitions to be anything more then a duke. Victoria wanted more, she wanted a kingdom. She deserved her own kingdom. She should be the Queen of Vertston. Could have been the queen, if her grandmother had been given the throne. But history had played out differently and Victoria became the Duchess of New Haven instead. There was more then one to get what she wanted, though, Victoria thought.<br/><br/>As the priest talked in Latin, she looked over at the two children who had accompanied her for the trip. Her two oldest children had came with her, Alexander and Katherine. Henry had opted to not come, there wasn't going to be much celebrating and honestly, Victoria didn't want him there. Henry was more fond of holidays where he could drink in excess and that was not appropriate at a funeral feast. Alexander was going to be sixteen in three weeks and Katherine was thirteen. They were both old enough to be expected to make appearances. Soon, she would have to find a suitable mate for Alexander, hopefully a princess. Her other children were at home with Henry and their nanny, Eugenia. Adam was ten, Nicholas was six, Rebecca was four, and David only six months old. All young enough that Victoria would not be looked down upon for not bringing them to Aeronwen's funeral. Actually, the nobles might have looked down on her more if she had brought her younger children to such a somber event.<br/><br/>Alexander and Katherine both looked like they were trying to not to fall asleep. They had barely knew Aeronwen and they didn't know most of the people gathered to mourn her passing. They just knew that their mother expected them to come along and pay their respects. Victoria was sure that both wished they had gotten to stay home with their father and younger siblings. Victoria saw Prince Ewan's face and thought to herself that she'd have to talk to him. She knew his marriage had not been a happy one and she knew the reason why. Still, he had to keep up appearances and act like he was upset that his wife had died bringing his son into the world. She saw him leave not too long after the meal had begun but didn't immediately follow. Instead, she kept up appearances and waited some time before telling her children to head to the guest quarters provided for the night and then retreating herself to the normal chambers she took when she visited.<br/><br/>Victoria could hear Ewan's footsteps as he approached the end the passage and told him as he entered her bed chamber.<br/><br/>"You need to work on your facial expressions. You have to pretend you are quite upset at the passing of your young bride."