Grace Bridgewater-Edan/Grace and Caelum

## Return (5/2/17 - 2/23/17)

WARNING: Sensitive stuff.

Seojun laughed, bringing the couple to be aware of his presence by the open door. He clapped slow and dramatically as he straightened his posture. "How have you been little sister? I never got the chance to meet you thanks to dear ol' dad."

"What? You thought he was pure before you were born? You guessed wrong kid. He's been having affairs for years now, probably has more children than he can count. The thing that's special about us," he paused and walked towards them, very aware of Caelum's deadly glare. "...Is he decided to keep us."

"Did you really? Or is that what you've been telling yourself for years? That you're the only one suffering. That you're the only one who faces his cruelty. At least you had access to the rest of the world, you could've told someone. You had friends, distractions!" he took a deep breath to refrain from yelling at Grace. "I had *nothing*. I was locked away in a stupid mansion with only servants to accompany me. Do you know how it feels to go insane? Do you know?!"

He rolled his shoulders, to calm himself. Seojun sat down in a chair, but not before shooting Caelum a small glare of his own. The guy was bothering him, and he was trying his hardest not to flip him off. "Well since I already know who you are, how about you just read it?" He removed a folded piece of paper and handed it to Grace. "Go ahead, read lil' sis."

WARNING: More sensitive stuff.

"Long story short, our father wanted to keep me a secret from the world. You know all those times your father disappeared for 'vacations'?" He leaned back in his chair, giving Grace a leveled stare. "He came to monitor me. Used me for whatever he wanted. He kept me in a mansion out in the countryside. Miles away from civilization. Paid people to stay with me, make sure I didn't get any ideas and run away. Make sure I didn't die." He laughed a little, but nothing was funny. "He had a habit of hitting me for every little thing I did. Practically carried a whip with him everywhere in the house. He even—" he stopped abruptly, holding his hand to his temple. "—how do I say this? Violated me, all the time. As if his interests weren't just limited to women."

"Hey, want me to get a bucket? Trust me, if I told you anything else you would've started vomiting minutes ago," he asked. "Anyway. I told you my story. Now you tell me yours, let's see who had it worse off."

"Everything. If that sounds simple enough for you."

"I didn't come here for you to give me a five page essay on what I already know little sister. Don't think I didn't do some research of my own. You'll quickly learn I'm quite inquisitive... I like knowing the *whole* story." He leaned forward and lifted Grace's chin so he could look directly into her eyes. "What do you think I was doing for a week holed up in my room? I might've been given a tutor, but sweet sweet father forbid practically any information about the Edan family to be taught to me. I had to bend the rules a lot just so I could get a peek at the faces of our queen and king. The ones—" he paused to glance at Caelum and then came closer to her so he could whisper in her ear, "—Victoria is planning to kill."

He sighed and tentatively rolled his eyes but displaced his hand from Grace's chin and pulled himself away from her. "For your information Jeong, I'm older than you by a year, five months, and three days," he retorted with a harsh tone. Seojun switched his line of vision back to Grace and lowered his voice to prevent Caelum from possibly listening in. "Look, as my half-sister I have right to care about you and tell you things. I'll keep you safe from Victoria's wrath as long as you stay out of this. You're too innocent for this battle."

"You?" he simply said, raising one eyebrow above the other. "What? Do you want me to clap or something? Tell you good job? Sure, you organized a Mafia hit, but have you ever killed a person before Gracie?" He smirked, tempted to laugh at her. "I understand you don't want to stand aside while things happen, but there is truth to my words and you of all people should know it better than anyone. You're not meant for this type of stuff. You're *not* a murderer."

Seojun was half tempted to inform his younger sister on just how many people were on Victoria's side. There were millions from other kingdoms behind her and her future monarchy. Victoria was much more influential than one might think, and can change a man's opinion in a blink of an eye. He kept his mouth shut anyway. "Such a brave little girl, aren't you?" he hummed. "Let's make a deal, shall we?"

"I'll give you missions, things you can do to help stop Victoria, and protect you from any threat her army might pose to you. In return, you get me a meeting with the full royal court, including all the duchesses and dukes. And before you ask why I don't do that latter myself, they know you better Grace."

He shook Grace's hand for a few seconds before releasing hers and letting his drop to the side of his chair. "Another thing, keep your boyfriend under control when I'm around. He seems keen on splitting my head open."

He scowled, "Well, it's annoying as hell when he's burning holes in the side of my head. There won't be a sense of trust between us if you can't even talk to me without having your bodyguard in the room."

"Wouldn't dream of it Jeong," he chuckled, crossing his legs. "I don't have any intention of hurting my little sister right after I've met her. Defeats the purpose."

Instead of opening the door to Seojun sitting in his chair waiting patiently, Grace opened the door to a messy room, two burning chairs, a trail of blood, and a message in the wall that clearly wrote 'YOU CAN'T HELP HIM'. Caelum cursed aloud and dragged Grace away from the doorway, as if physically seeing her room would somehow hurt her.

## Encounter (12/3/17 - )

(OOC: HEY GUYS WAS I SUPPOSED TO COME IN AT SOME POINT OR IS MY MEMORY BAD AND I'M BEING COCKY COMING IN LIKE THIS --Aria)

**OOC:**You were supposed to come in like three posts ago lol.

(OOC: whoops --Aria)

OOC: I'll leave you guys to it until Grace needs to appear again.

(OOC: tbh i want them to trashtalk each other but that's just not aspen's personality rip --Aria)

(OOC: Time to make things dramatic since that's what I do with my characters - Billie Nye the GoT Gal)

(**OOC:**Curse Aspen's personality, kills all the drama wtf, but yay, go Billie <3)