HELA-47 ONYX Just mentioning Fake Dad was enough to ruin my mood, but seeing Silver worried like that made me slightly scared. What was he up to now? "Whatever it is, I can speak to him," Ruhn suggested, and Silver offered him a pitiful gaze, not finding the courage to object. "I am afraid it's best if he doesn't see you two together," she muttered under her nose, startling us all. Mostly Ruhn, though, because I was used to Conrad's temper by now. Anything could trigger him and start a chain of unfortunate events for the ones under his control. "I'd better go," I gave the Crown Prince a false smile, which he did not buy because he caught my wrist, preventing me from leaving. "Onyx, what is going on?" I could tell that he was generally confused. He probably had no idea what living in

