Lady Devein watched the girls in Naomi's temple with worry. There had been talk of attempting some rather dangerous folly ever since the notice that Bella had put up about a sailing school and guide project she had. There had been rumors that the girls would steal one of Lord Corvais's ships. Worried for the girl, she needed to make sure Bella knew to screen these others to avoid the wrath of her father. If need be, she would go to her mother and as a last resort to Lord Corvais himself, if it hadn't been risking Bella, she would let the gold obsessed fool take the blow.
It was three in the afternoon when the carriage that normally brought Bella around for her music lessons pulled up next to the manor and Bella stepped out with her violin at her side. The young woman had a sparkle in her sea-green eyes Lady Devein rarely saw in Bella. She just hoped that Bella would take the concerns she brought up as looking out for her as she remembered all too well when a friend brought up these things in one of the few rays of light you had in a rather bleak situation.
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Having the servant open the door, Lady Devein greeted Bella with a warm embrace, having her set the violin in the foyer and lead her to the sitting room figuring the discussion may take up their scheduled lesson time. Pouring tea made of noraka, fire rose, and powdered dareion seeds, Lady Devein began broaching the difficult subject of addressing her concerns.
"Bella,… I hope you understand I am only bringing this up out of concern only. Concern for you and nothing else. There are those at Naomi's temple that see your plan as how to put this? A way to escape from their problems and not in a good way." Said Lady Devein, choosing her words with care, recalling her own past and how sometimes her own head of house would place listening runes on her when acting as an agent for them and was quite harsh when they found something that could disrupt what they were planning and she had failed to consider it