Unbroken Pride

Giles might not have liked Rosalind, but she was still his sister. And seeing a member of the Ashbourne family being laughed at in public—it was a slap to his own pride.

On reflex, he stepped forward to help her up, but Tobias grabbed his arm and held him back.

"Well, well, Rosalind," he sneered, "you're not a child anymore, yet you still can't stay on your feet? Look at you—what a pathetic sight.