Sunshine and Freedom [Open]

[Rowan d'Auber]

Rowan d'Auber, or rather Lady Rowan d'Auber as she should be addressed in public, definitely wasn't supposed to be in the city. She certainly wasn't supposed to be in the city on her own without one of her brothers to chaperone her. She was supposed to be in bed with a fever. Ciaran knew that she wasn't of course, he'd been the one to tell Iwan and Kay (well, more Iwan seeing as Kay didn't particularly care) that Rowan was ill and therefore not able to meet Lord Whoever from Such a Place but that she was of course so disappointed that she couldn't. She had thought that after their father had stopped trying to marry her off to the first noble that took an interest (and then the second and the third) and failed miserable she was off the hook. Apparently she wasn't. After their father had died Iwan had taken it upon himself to be responsible for them all (despite not being the oldest but Kay was hardly up to the task), something which had never felt quite right to Rowan. Out of the four of them Iwan was the one who she thought had always had the worst relationship with their father and yet he was the only one who was insistent on carrying on his work. She would be more worried about him, if he'd leave her alone and let her do what she pleased. As it happened she was far too concerned about her own suffering and irritation to wonder why Iwan behaved the way he did.

Anyway. She was too pleased with herself for sneaking off to worry about that. Although she knew the city better than any other place in the world and she wasn't expecting anything tremendously exciting to happen (although she sort of was) she still had that thrill of doing what she was supposed to, of breaking the rules and knowing that if Iwan found out he would go absolutely insane. Iwan didn't understand the concept of rule breaking. Much to her and Ciaran's disappointment they'd never got so much as a feigned headache or lying about breaking something. A grin formed on her lips, followed by a laugh, as she imagined Iwan's face if he knew what she was up to. Well, she was out now, enjoying both the sunshine and her freedom and for the moment there was absolutely nothing he could do about it.


Timeline: Series one
Tagged: Open