The Secrets of Llawnech

"Yeah Alex said that, and he also said that you lost a bet which meant that you have to talk to me to work on some solutions for this area." She told him. "So, when would be a good time?"

"Now, as long as you let me work as I talk."

"Okay, sounds good to me, so where do you want to start?" She asked.

"You tell me miss know it all." Natasha hummed as she went back to work. "People are dying of starvation because of choices made decades ago that you and your husband turn a blind eye to."

"We cannot hange the past, the most important thing is that we change the future." She told her. "So, you have ideas, speak them." SHe told her. "In your eyes, what needs to be sorted out first?"

"You stop turning the blind eye." Natasha answered, as if it were obvious. "Take the land that the farmers were forced to sell to Duke's back to them so they can make a living again. More competition drives prices down not up - more people can work, sell, buy, eat."

"That is being worked on by Prince Marcus, what else?"

"You lot give away clothing you haven't worn in months so people are less likely to freeze to death." She shrugged.

"Already done that, and we are sharing the foods with those in the worst hardship." She told her. "What else?"

"How about leaving me alone? That would be very helpful," She answered sharply. "Your husbands family have always been a bane to mine."

"And why is that?"

"Oh he hasn't told you? Figures." Natasha snorted softly. "He still throw a fit when you take his smoked salmon off him?"

She laughed. "It was part of his idea, his and his brother Marcus."

"Wait what? Alex's brother is Prince Marcus?"

"Yeah, they're twins." Alicia told her. "Did Alex not tell you?"

"But.. that would mean..."

"Alex is the crowned prince of Ireland." She told her. "Yeah....He really didn't tell you?"

Natasha winced as she pricked herself with the needle, turning to face her properly and shaking her head in the negative. "He told me he was working in the palace, nothing about being a royal."

"Ah....I can kind of see why." Alicia told her. "Think about it, if you dislike our royal family, would you react different to his?" She asked.

"Can you take me to him?"

"Of course, if you don't mind coming to the palace." She told her.

"I've been there before, when I was young." She hummed, moving the dress back inside so it would be protected from the elements before humming to Alicia, "After you..."

She brought her over to her carriage since they were the furthest away from the palace. "Can I ask what caused you to hate the royals so much?" She asked. "I'm still a stranger to this land, but I would like to hear the stories."

"Your father in law and my mother were involved in a relationship, it went well - until he chose to go back to his estranged wife and then suddenly my mother and the rest of us didn't exist anymore."

"So you're Leo's half sister?" She asked. "Does he know?"