"What's on your mind?" A deep, magnetic voice suddenly broke the silence beside her.

Thalassa snapped back to reality, meeting Lysander's gaze. Quickly pushing aside her swirling thoughts, she managed a smile and said, "Nothing much."

"Were you thinking about Leopold?" Lysander asked out of the blue.

Thalassa was taken aback, hurriedly replying, "No, not at all..."

Lysander's expression darkened, and Thalassa, worried he might misunderstand, quickly added, "I was just wondering why Alaric's mother ended up in the orphanage."

She wasn't lying; that was exactly what she had been thinking about.

She couldn't fathom why Lysander would bring up Leopold out of nowhere.

His name hadn't come up between them in ages.

Especially today, when nothing they did had anything to do with Leopold.

"Really? I thought that scene earlier might have reminded you of him," Lysander remarked.

That scene?

moment when Susan was sitting by the window, holding her

image of Leopold's passing is something she doubted she'd ever

had long since evolved from

Yet, you took all the blame upon yourself to protect his reputation. You've kept silent all these years. Does it not weigh on you?" Thalassa found herself staring into Lysander's eyes, her voice taking

discussed this matter since

misunderstandings face-to-face, and

brought up Leopold today, he might never have addressed this secret with

her, not surprised by her words, but the

feel wronged," he

death,

him for a long

for what

and they had their

did she learn

you?"

shook her head, "No one told

day at the hospital, I

"Which day?" Lysander insisted.

day

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