Rowan's admission was far from what Sera expected. She wasn't sure if it was an unwarranted obsession or an excuse to get close to her. Either way, she didn't like how it left her without any option but obliged the system's demand to keep Rowan for now. She couldn't understand what Rowan truly wanted, yet she didn't dare to ask him about it. Perhaps she was afraid to hear the words she wasn't ready to deal with.
Still, Sera wanted to discuss this with her father—one late evening, when the Duke returned home from the royal palace, she requested a private audience with him, not wanting to have Rowan around as they spoke.
