"Oh thank god!" She pressed Noble's hand to lips and kissed it as she breathed a sigh of relief. She barely had the time to process her relief before her eldest son was ordering her off upstairs. Ironically had she not been in the grips of her protective maternal instinct she probably wouldn't have taken her eldest son's orders as the affront that she did. It wasn't unreasonable to suggest getting the girls away so she could at least calm Grace down but something was amiss with her child and the last thing she wanted to do was leave his side.

Never mind the fact that they still had a guest in the room and she thought it'd probably make things awkward for the poor man if half the family just up and left. However, arguing the point in front of said guest wasn't any better and there was no other way to discreetly communicate any of this to Ford without Mr. Lestrange knowing about it. Although she resented Ford for ordering her away, she also didn't want to undermine him in front of his friend, it was the sort of thing she thought he'd worry himself over. "Are you feeling alright? I'll stay if you need me to, just say the word." She made sure to murmur this loud enough for Noble to hear but quiet enough that it'd be very difficult for anyone else to make out what she was saying unless they were stood right next to her. Audra suspected he'd shoo her away but still hoped that he'd ask her to stay, it felt good to be needed by one of her sons for once, particularly Noble.

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