Recent content by Catherine Urahil

"Of course I knew, cousin." Catherine was unfazed by Odessa's nails digging into her flesh. The pain was enough to awaken something in the woman dressed in gold, reflected in her eyes as she kept a steady connection with her cousin. "You are resilient, sweet Dess. He may worry about burdening...

Cat gave her a feline smile. "And I should hope you join me, cousin, for I am here to keep watch on you as I am here to display myself and the Urahil prowess." But the blonde woman sunk into the perfect curtsy. Turning away just as Lachlan rounded the corner.

"Well, you could kill your betrothed. Deny Felix his opportunity to grow his power over Vel Anir, or... you could play the game and be a good wife, until one day you can take all the land and title from your husband." Cat inspected her nails as she spoke. There was a certain lack of emotion of...

Cat smiled politely, stepping aside so that her new acquaintance could get past. After a few moments, she followed him back into the room. Perhaps it would be worthwhile to remain at the party... She took a look around, frowning at how... well, boring this ball seemed. Catherine expected...

Perhaps dangerous, Catherine snorted delicately. An art perfected over the years of grooming herself to be an advantageous match for the future. Dressed just as elegantly a Urahil was expected to be, she wandered a little ways to the left and stared out to the gardens with critical appraising of...

The boy had began to move after her cousin, but within two steps, Catherine came into view and stopped Lachlan in his tracks. "Allow me." She smiled. That smile was one she learned from Felix, the cousin that had watched out for her as if she were his sister and not a distant cousin. Her...

"Catherine Urahil." She knew that he knew of her familial allegiance. How many times had she recognised that look since moving here to Vel Anir after growing up in Vel Lameus? It was her first time working with a reputation that preceded even her own expectations. "I am a second cousin to the...

Pale brows furrowed. Jiya Luana? Of course, within the first few moments of attending, she had clocked the faces of all the Great Houses in the room. It was important that she, a Urahil, knew who to talk to and who to avoid. Not only for her own gain, but it identified names to faces that she...

He had given her a fright, her face expressing as much as he steadied her on her feet and Catherine could only think about shrinking and disappearing into her comfort of invisibility. But this Guard, no Dreadlord, spoke with a surety that she realised she was not in trouble nor were they going...

Deciding that she had seen it all for that evening, it was time for Catherine to make her departure. Her chaperone did not look ready to leave, but when did Cat ever wait on anyone else to catch up with her? Gathering the skirts of the ridiculously luxe gown afforded by her family, she began...

With her chaperone drunk and entertaining other highborn men with tales of war, Catherine began to slowly slip away from his sight and take a walk about the ballroom. She preferred to be like a mouse, sticking by the walls, but many faces lined against them, already in conversation with others...

For years, she had been educated into being the perfect lady of a Great House, had been tailored into being sufficient in varying activities expected of young ladies. She had been happy to do them all, to be honed into an exemplary member of the Urahil house, but she had done all that with the...