Tyranny of Steel

s head further into the cold stone floor with the heel of her foot.

If Lambert gazed up, he would be able to clearly see the beautiful girl ’s embroidered white silk panties that lie beneath her sinful baby blue nightgown, which had been purposely designed to show off the girl ’s immaculate curves. However, it would only further provoke his fiancee if he did so, something he would do his best to avoid.

After venting her frustration on the youth ’s body, she sighed heavily and lowered the whip before bringing Lambert ’s face up to meet her own vicious glare. Tears streamed from the boy ’s eyes as she chastised him for his weakness.

”It looks like frailty runs in your family; how pathetic… ”

The girl got up from the bed and kicked Lambert back down to the ground as she sat on his back, using him as a stool for her to rest on.

”You ’re useless; you know that? ”

After hearing about Lambert ’s attempt on his elder brother ’s life which failed spectacularly, she was in a particularly foul mood. Exactly how hard was it to poison a sickly and frail man to death? Somehow not only did Lambert ’s attempt fail, but it inspired Berengar to get his act together and began the process of becoming healthy. By now, The young lord had overcome his childhood infirmity, thus ruining her and her father ’s plans.

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The news was even worse as they found out that the Count of Steiermark had engaged his third and youngest daughter to Berengar, thus giving them a greater stake in Kufstein ’s rich iron reserves. If they could not remove Berengar within the next few years and place Lambert as the sole heir to the Barony, then this engagement was entirely useless for the Counts of Tyrol.