Delia Grace

### Occupation

Lady of honor of Hollis Brite (formerly)Member of the court of Coroa (currently)

### City of residence

Tobbar

**Delia Grace** is a main character in The Betrothed. She was Hollis Brite’s lady of honour, along with Nora. Following the incidents throughout The Betrothed, she retired.

## Biography

She lives at Keresken with her friend.

Delia Grace is an only child, her father disavowed her at the age of 8, and robbed her of all these titles of nobility. Her mother fought so that she could recover these titles but it was the opposite that happened to her, now the people of the court see her as an illegitimate child.

### **The Betrothed**

In The Betrothed, we discover that many people talk about Delia Grace because of the scandal her father made a few years ago.When she was younger, Delia Grace spent her time researching the history of Coroa and its alliances such as Isolte, Mooreland and Catal. The members of the court consider her only a bastard. But when Hollis chose her to become his lady of honor, they began to respect her.

But Delia Grace, reveals herself pretentious and during a wave of jealousy towards Hollis she explains to him her failed shenanigans to have Jameson for her, which creates a bias between the two friends.

But when Hollis loses interest in Jameson, she rejoices at last in the good graces of the King and seems to have drawn a definitive line on her friendship with her best friend.

## Personality

Delia Grace received a lot of teasing as a child about the situation between her parents. Supported by Hollis for more than 10 years, it took a lot of strength and courage to get through this terrible ordeal.

As the book progresses, we discover that when she is angry, she remains calm and prefers to leave. She’s very vindictive but always sees the bright side. And when she became Hollis’s lady of honor, she was bossy and she loved to lead. She is an ambitious person and can sometimes be false by letting his jealousy prevail by lowering people on all points to show herself superior. All his failed shenanigans touched her ego and his hopes of superiority.

## Relationship

### **Hollis Brite**

She and Hollis have always been very close since childhood. Hollis has total confidence in her. But in ***Chapter 22***, she confesses to Hollis being in love with , that her friendship was not quite real and that by getting closer to her, King Jameson might notice her. She also confessed to intentionally dropping Hollis' hands during a dance so that she would fall to the ground. She ends the conversation by mocking her hair color and calling her Isolten, too pale to marry the King.

### **King Jameson**

In love with him since childhood, she tried everything to get his attention but during a dance, because of bad timing, Hollis falls into the hands of the King in her place. Erased, Delia Grace falls back on her pain and plays Hollis' friend. But after Hollis left, Delia Grace and Jameson got very close.

## Quotes

* *"Your ladies were your confidantes, your attendants, your escorts, they were everthing. Delia Grace was stepping into a role that's didn't exist for me yet."* — Hollis Brite

## Trivia

* According to Claudia Brite, Delia Grace is a Bastard (illegitimate child).
* She speaks more than four languages.