<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 125%; line-height: 116%;"><span style="color: #BF0000"><span style="font-weight: bold">House of Cadell<br/>Lady in Waiting</span></span></span><br/><br/><a class="postlink" href="http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130430235600/wiki-amistad/es/images/thumb/0/02/Scarlet_by_skipta-d5h1tgb.jpg/180px-Scarlet_by_skipta-d5h1tgb.jpg">[ img ]</a><br/><br/><span style="font-size: 150%; line-height: 116%;"><span style="color: #BF0000"><span style="text-decoration: underline">Lady Amena Aeide</span></span></span></div><br/><br/>Amena was beyond suspicious of Sir Gregorio. He was being awfully insistent that Alexander offer marriage to Danielle, but she had a feeling it wasn't out of the kindness of his heart that he launched this particular idea. He had made it out as if it were something Danielle would desire if Alexander were to give her a second chance, but Amena could see past that. Sure, it might have been true, but Gregorio wasn't doing it for Danielle, that much was certain--he was doing it for himself.<br/><br/>Amena's emerald hues looked towards Lady Marina who had been rather quiet the entire time. Amena didn't blame her, as it seemed the poor girl had simply been dragged into the whole mess without true cause. Lady Marina's eyes had shown affection towards Alexander, and Alexander's had--for the briefest of moments--shown some sort of longing for Marina. It was then the pieces began to fall into place for Amena.<br/><br/>Gregorio didn't give two shits about who Alexander married, so long as it wasn't Marina. He wanted Marina's lands, and likely her body as well. Amena examined Gregorio for a moment, pondering how to prove his motives. She didn't really need to prove them, she could simply state what was on her mind to Edward...but would it even matter? If Alexander married Danielle and Gregorio were to marry Marina, then many conflicts could be avoided...but if Alexander and Marina were to end up with one another, then it was likely that Gregorio would find violent means for his end goal. He would have Marina's lands whether it be through violence or marriage, and it wasn't likely he would kill Marina. No, he would more than likely turn her into his plaything.<br/><br/>Amena was saddened as she realized what all was going on. While Leon had secured her and Yakari's future (something she still had to let Sir Edward know about), it seemed an entire new mess had sprung forth. She felt incredibly guilty and wondered how the events would have turned if she and Yakari had not married--but the guilt was washed away as she realized that if she and Yakari had not found one another, more than likely Danielle and Yakari would have, which would only cause the same odd triangle going on with Gregorio, Marina, and Alexander. Except there would have been no solution to stop Gregorio from losing Marina to Alexander. If there was one thing Amena could see, it was that Gregorio would be on the losing end of that particular battle for Marina's heart.<br/><br/>She could not let Alexander and Marina be together, but she also could not bring herself to stop them. Perhaps her only choice was to inform Edward of her suspicions and let him decide how to approach the situation.<br/><br/>Sir Alexander's voice suddenly cut her from her thoughts,<span style="font-style: italic"><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0080FF"> "All this talk of marriage and we aren't even speaking about the marriage that caused all these issues in the first place." </span></span></span>Amena's head snapped up and she took a sharp breath, angry that Alexander had thrown the conversation onto Yakari and her. She could admit that she was only angry because she did not desire to be in the center of the mess in which Yakari and she had likely caused--though she had never predicted this sort of outcome. She closed her mouth, deciding to hold her tongue for the moment.