"The matters of your Cloud Family are best settled within your own household. Right now, I only need clarity on one thing: Sylvester, you and Delphine are father and daughter—what on earth is going on here? This child has been an orphan, fostered in our Leclair Family for several years. As the Family Head, I need to know the full story." The Leclair patriarch, impatient with the quarrel among the Cloud Family members, tapped his dragon-headed sandalwood cane sharply and directed his question at Sylvester.
At the mention of Delphine, and recalling that Rosy Wood had passed away from illness years ago, Sylvester was overcome with bittersweet emotions. He began recounting the events of that era in full detail.
