"Would that be enough to balance the scales for you, Lord Erling?"
Lady Ragna sat perfectly still in the silence that followed Lady Ashlynn's offer. She wanted to speak up, to question why Lady Ashlynn would be so generous and to ask what strings would come with such an extraordinary offer when her son had done so little to deserve it.
Of course, Ragna understood that Ashlynn would need to move quickly if she expected to build a coalition to resist the Church and the Kingdom of Gaal, and promoting a few of the existing lords was a quick way to gain some initial goodwill, but it risked sowing even more grievance than the gratitude she'd harvest, especially if she intended to remove the Leufroys from power entirely.
