#Manfred: bitch I hope the fuck you do youll be a dead son of a bitch I tell you that

[theothervonkarmagirl]

“I just don’t understand why--”

“Of course you don’t. You are nineteen years old, yet I have to break everything down for you as if you were a child.”

She clamped her mouth shut, despite how badly she wanted to argue. Maria knew from experience that antagonizing her father would lead to dire consequences. After all, he was one of the few people in the kingdom who was allowed to touch her. It was better to just let him rant.

“Those gossiping hens you spend time with can afford to engage in such childish things. You cannot. What if you were to fall and damage yourself? What if you, in your foolish hastiness, failed to test the thickness of the ice and fell in? Our alliance would be ruined. You cannot get married if you are dead!”

Maria frowned. If there was one thing she hated, it was being left out of social events, and being treated like an infant. But there was little she could do. Even if she managed to evade his sight, he would find out eventually and punish her.

“You are dismissed, daughter. And you are not to leave the palace until morning.”