"As the young earl strolls slowly towards the window, he finds himself contemplating. He's never been one to deny it; the necessity for control in his life, above all, is what drives him. Nothing else. The need to control the fates of the men who killed his parents; the need of control over Sebastian, over the house. Lizzy... Lizzy had surrendered her will to him without a struggle. She would do whatever he said. That was, of course, unless it had something to do with the décor. Maybe it was this, this exhaustion from no longer having any competition to deal with, that made everything so dull and paper thin nowadays. There is no more verbal wars, no more lengthy, drawn-out spars between enemies. There is simply victory. It's exhausting." (cover by the ever fabulous @violinfreakk)
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