“Is this hard for you to fathom?” Orpheus teased, easing the tension in her shoulders that she didn’t know was there. “I know that it’s a normal situation with most royal families. I'm not naive.” She said, “But my father has only my mother for a partner. Your family circumstances seem to me like something out of a novel,” she added. Orpheus nodded his head and gazed at her thoughtfully. At this point, he was both embarrassed and saddened by his circumstances. Of course, not his family circumstances but his memories. He didn’t think much of his family situation since he was used to it. It was something that he deemed normal. He was concerned about Zala’s reaction if he told her that he was Kevoy. Honestly, if it wasn’t for the urgency of his situation, he would have opted to wait til

