#ofdynasts

Other countries knew they were still alive, he supposed there was that, but he didn't like the cost of it - extra guards as if their own troops weren't better, and their people being questioned like they weren’t loyal. Hence going to Julian. "Do you think one of us would be allowed to sit in on the questioning? I don't want to make it see as thought we have anything but full faith in our people." @ofdynasts

Rumours had never been a thing Katharina enjoyed; she had heard her fair share of them and always ended up being about her husband chasing another woman’s skirts and, sadly, oft times were true which led to her less than convential means of handling the matter. But those ways wouldn’t be of use to her now, lest she found the would be assassin trying to harm another to put them out of their miserable life. 

And then, there was the plague. Was it really back? Why were they panicking over one ill peasant? It was ridiculous to her; the commoners were ill and dying often, they lived and far worse conditions than nobility and royalty alike, so why go into hysteria over one sick farmer. 

In the past, having a mistress was a simple, agreed upon affair with his wife, it was a routine that they followed and were able to co-exist with, but in the time sense the plague, things had continued to go terribly, unfortunately wrong in the private lives of the Scottish royal family. Robert wasn't stupid, contrary to what some of his previous actions implied, and knew that his rule was in question even before the latest mistake he'd made.