Oh but she looked so broken. Richard was not a man accustomed to feeling anger - he was much too bright and full of sunshine for it - so when he did feel it, it tended to run deep into his core. Not at her, of course but at whoever had done this to her. What a coward they were, to cause such harm to a woman!
Sitting by her bedside, he waved her apology off. “What can you possibly have to be sorry for when you’re the one who has been wronged?” He had heard the rumors, certainly but he still didn’t think any offense warranted violence on a woman.
graphics by Lady!