The weather is changing- Part 2

Compared to the last few days, Madeline and Calhoun's relationship had improved, something the King was looking forward to, and something Madeline had not realized that everything around her was subtly changing that included the way she was looking at things.

The need to accept was what Madeline was working on now. She heard Lady Lucy speak so fondly of the King; it was hard to match the qualities. But then Lady Lucy was too kind. Madeline had a feeling that if someone brought a giant spider in front of the vampiress, the lady would sit down to pat it and say how good it was. 

Though she didn't forget the icy demeanour of Lady Lucy in the presence of Theodore.