Today is definitely a day to get revelations, because I have a full stomach, stuffed with crumpets and jam and sausage and peppers. And tea and cider.
"My mother's first husband is alive?"
Hans Lammermoor hugs Lightning so tightly that she squeals to get him to loosen his hold. Honestly, I don't blame him. Right now, Lightning is the only family he really has, apart from the servants who love him.
I look directly into her eyes. [He needs you now.]
[PLEASE. You do not have to explain a bonded beast's duty to me.] But Lightning softens and licks Hans' face. He rubs his chin against her fur. [I will always be here for him. That...that...FEMALE he calls his mother has hurt him for the last time.]
My analytical mind puts the pieces together. [If he is still alive, maybe that is the reason Hans' father stays away so much?]
