"I have not embarrassed myself. Everyone around Lord Hastings respects me. It doesn't bother me that he is now married. It is you who doesn't want me near him because he shields me from you. Do not think for a second I don't know what you plot," said Victoria.
"To everyone in his castle, you are a respectable lady, but to others, you are nothing more than a bold whore. I was truly trying to help you, but you claimed I was a greedy man. It is time that you return to where you belong. I have spoken to the king," Alistair shared.
"The king shares my belief that you should be in the care of a relative, not a man you are not married to. You are a lady, and it is time you act as such. It would be a waste for you to go another year without being married. Find a husband and have his children," Alistair instructed Victoria.
