"Father." Vera's trembling voice echoed, but Duke Valerin's body remained frozen, his eyes still quivering as he looked in Vera's direction. Then his gaze shifted to the child beside her, a human girl, watching him with curious eyes.
Evin looked at him with an expression that seemed to ask, so this is my grandpa?
Duke Valerin immediately noticed the resemblance between the child and Vera. He connected the dots in his mind on his own. He wasn't a fool, and he knew this was likely her child. After all, he had received news not long ago that Vera already had a daughter.
The others came to the same conclusion, and it was Madam Valerin's voice that broke the silence first.
"Vera," she said, her voice trembling as she walked toward her.
Vera, seeing her mother approaching with tears already falling from her eyes, softly spoke.
"Mother."
