She really shouldn't have been surprised to learn that Antonin had yet another secret ally she knew nothing about. Hadn't she learned by then that her husband was a man possessed of surprising diplomatic talents? Somehow he'd been able to amass a number of supporters from all sides in secret. It was impressive, if a bit annoying. Part of her kept waiting for the bombshell to drop that Antonin had been secretly allied with Rodolphus all that time too, but mostly she recognized that as being ridiculous. Rodolphus manipulated her mind for years and was even responsible for one of her miscarriages after that horrible incident with the stairs ten years earlier. And those were just the incidents they were aware of! No, there was absolutely no way she would ever believe that Antonin would enter in to a partnership willingly with Rodolphus.