Freja burst out laughing. Some girls would idolize their big brothers, convince themselves that the heir could do no wrong, that he was a golden child in which all hopes of the future were placed. Freja thought those girls were idiots. She loved Rune, adored him, would happily die for him, but considered it her solemn duty to take him down a peg whenever possible. Ego didn't get men anywhere, and he had enough to blanket the realm. So yes, Freja laughed. A good, hard, gut-clenching laugh, even as she headed to her dressing table and removed two coins from a purse. She turned towards Rune, hand over her heart, until she had her laughter more controlled.
"Oh dear, dear brother," she sighed, taking her time walking around the room and back towards her bed. She'd heard a most interesting story from Synnove the previous night, and Freja was absolutely delighted to be the one to burst this particular bubble. "Lady Gia is queer," she said flatly, dropping the bits into Rune's outstretched hand. "Queerer than a summer snow in Empyrean. I have it on very good authority that you made a proper arse of yourself while she fawned over our sister. Flirted with her most brazenly! And you didn't notice because you weren't thinking with your head." Well, not the right one, anyway. "But by all means, have father extend a proposal to her brother. Perhaps Lord Ridell would be happy to be rid of her, and at the very least, Lady Gia probably wouldn't mind you keeping mistresses. Assuming that you shared."