Talk:Desire & Decorum, Book 2 Choices/@comment-36463409-20190212014524/@comment-37621533-20190212105055

I have the same theory, lol. I mean Sir Gideon tampering with the LI's gun and is a bit too predictable and boring. Everyone would see that coming, you know? Also our LI getting shot would add little to the overall storyline except giving us one more reason to hate the Duke and we already have more than enough of those, lol.

Now if it was the Duke's gun that was tempered with, that would make for a far more interesting story, I think. Also he'd hopefully be dead and gone and I won't have to look at his gross face any longer. It would still be Sir Gideon's doing, of course. But the BLAME would be put on either our LI or their second without a doubt. Sir Gideon would be like "Why would *I* wanna hurt the Duke? We were friends!" but every single one of our LIs has a reason to kill the Duke, if ""only"" to get rid of him to free the MC. And Sinclaire and Harper have, as mentioned in this chapter, a very personal vendetta against the Duke as well. I doubt that was mentioned for no reason and I doubt it's a coincidence that no matter who your LI is Sinclaire or Harper is the second so that ~personal vendetta~ factor is always there.

So yeah I also think it was Sir Gideon who tampered with the Duke's gun to get rid of him. It might be that he doesn't need the Duke any longer for the ~*evil plans*~ they have cooked up. He can't kill him himself because it would be too risky, so he just pins it on someone else. Our LI and/or their second will be blamend and go to prison or whatnot (no idea how the justice system worked back in the day, especially since we're not being historically accurate in this book lol) and the rest of the book will be MC working to free them and find proof that it was Sir Gideon who is responsible for the Duke's death. I always thought it was interesting that the clues for the Cabinet of Secrets we found so far all had to do with Sir Gideon in a way and not really with the Duke himself which is why in the next chapter it will be like "You thought you were collecting this evidence to get out of your engagement with the Duke? Sike! It's so you can find proof for Sir Gideon's crimes so he can be convicted and you can clear you LI's name and free them" etc