@Kynnath:
Easy. He didn't care, so he didn't pay attention. Marrying her was a duty, an obligation. It was not based on love or affection. It was based on a parental promise that he had no intention of breaking. The annulment papers were something to hold over her head. Something for her to...
Somehow the idea of Trashta (Remarried Empress) crossing over here and becoming Trashta Wistrash makes me seven types of giddy and two types of giggly.
I wonder if it will turn out that the Duke knew that there was a plot against Ripley and that was the real reason he forced her to stay secluded. That plot twist doesn't make much sense, but neither does Ripley's actions in most of this story.
I can't wait to see how this Crow will mix things up. I haven't heard anyone mention them in the spoilers yet, so I'm hoping this ride will only get better because it is so completely depressing as it stands now.
@mizzu321 Thanks for that! It felt like they were leaving a lot out, but no one...
Rather than Cosette actually being the Duke's daughter (which it doesn't seem like that is true based on Cosette's own words in the cell), wouldn't it make more sense if she is from a family branch? I mean, Kiera literally just read a diary about two spirit user sisters. There's a branch right...
I wonder which trope this is. Is it that fate will force her into predestined situations making her look like the villainess or is it that the heroine will create situations in her favour to make the duke's daughter look bad? From just the pen incident, I'm guessing the latter.