<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0080FF"><span style="font-size: 150%; line-height: 116%;">House of D'Aries</span><br/><span style="font-size: 130%; line-height: 116%;">Castle Asture</span></span><br/><br/><a class="postlink" href="http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o793/Galvin_Fugazi/4d346bf9-c817-405c-b853-1d680fc1dba7_zps5271719f.jpg">[ img ]</a><br/><br/><span style="color: #0080FF"><span style="font-size: 150%; line-height: 116%;">Lord Alexander D'Aries</span></span></div><br/><br/>Sir Alexander was not expecting apologies any time soon from Danielle, so when he heard them he was surprised--though he did not show it. Instead, he frowned in thought. He still cared for Danielle very much, but Marina had been so welcoming and kind to him that he had a difficult time even imagining going back to Danielle just for another round of sour treatment. While she had admitted the scene with Leon had been all a big show, he still was very hurt by it. He was hurt by Leon, whom he viewed as an equal, and he was hurt by Danielle, whom he had thought he was in love.<br/><br/>He was still pretty sure he loved her, but he did not feel up to venturing down that path so soon just because she gave her apologies. However, he could not simply stand there and not offer his assistance. He had promised her, hadn't he, that he would be there for her as she needed? He unfolded his arms and let them drop to his side in self-defeat,<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0080FF"> "Lady Danielle, your father will not harm you. I will make sure of it."</span></span>He would never allow for Sir Damian to hurt Danielle. She didn't deserve the cruelty her father showed her, and he wished that she did not suffer so much. While her actions were horrid, he could see the downward spiral that had caused it all.<br/><br/>He looked towards Marina with sad eyes, though he did not realize it.