[CW: Verbal domestic abuse, suggestion of wife battery, suggestion of pedophilia]

Magnus sat in the library with a letter in hand. It couldn't be... his daughter... the only sane daughter... went off the deep and married that boy he trusted to court her properly.

Dear Papa, I never meant to hurt you...

Only it did hurt. How could she do this? Never mind that boy... He would speak to him later. Of course, he was going to honor the damned marriage because they had likely done things anyway that had ruined Pearl even more than the elopement. Oh, what had she done?

He picked up his glass tumbler, half filled with brandy, and sent it crashing into the fireplace. He threw the letter in right after.