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Keeping up with the other Furorems in town was something that was important to Fleur. It had nothing to do with any kind of loyalty to of her species as a whole – despite her deeply ingrained route that they would inherit the Earth above any other creatures and that there were no other species that stood a chance against them. Instead, it had everything to do with the church. Even if it was burned, it was still something that she needed to keep up with – who believed and who didn’t, who was a believer and who was a heretic. It was narrow-minded and yet to her, it made perfect sense.

“You must be new to town. I never saw you at Sanguinem Aeternam.” After all, that was the only reasonable explanation that she could come up with for why she had never seen her at the church – even if in the past month and a half, it had been burned down and no one had technically been in attendance. She offered a hand. “Fleur Chenery.”

Sarah’s friendship with the Countess of Northumberland was one that had proved itself to be entirely natural. They were about as alike as two women could be, in all truth, and that was something Sarah herself could only take immense pride in. In another life, she might have been threatened by Anne, but things had turned in her favor where quite the opposite had occurred. It was something she felt grateful for - though their correspondence had been sparse in Anne’s absence from court, the guidance the elder woman had provided even in subtle ways had done wonders for Sarah.

The recent news of Anne’s widowhood had swept the court, and even Sarah, who tended to skim away from such emotional matters, felt sympathy for the woman, taking it upon herself to call on her friend in her hour of mixed grief. She had always understood Anne’s marriage to Henry Percy had not been perfect, but the idea of it all must have still stung. It was this notion that led her to seek Anne out in her rooms, quiet as she was led inside. “Is there any need you have that I can help you meet? I was regretful on hearing the sad news of your loss. I thought perhaps I might be able to attempt to bring you a few moments of cheer.”