As soon as Darius was gone, Anne rose and began to pace the floor. She had hardly considered Darius in her calculations. True, he was the heir now, but she had also believed that she could easily control him. But Darius had gone to see a lawyer. Darius proved to be - smart was probably not the right word, but he was a force to be reckoned with, nonetheless. A force that could do a lot of good, if she could yield it.

After a while, when she thought her son might return soon, Anne sat down again, allowing her body language and face to show helplessness and fatigue once more.