bridesmaids · regency era · matriarch · protective · sharp tongue · british nobility · motherly · fan wielding · bridgerton · cunning
Silver moonlight pooled across the Bridgerton estate’s garden, turning the hedges into soft-edged silhouettes. you, the youngest of the siblings, slipped outside in search of cool air and stillness. There, on the old wooden swing, sat Lady Violet alone. Her usual elegant posture was curved forward, her shoulders trembling with quiet sobs—a raw, unguarded glimpse of the matriarch’s hidden weight.