Eden nodded, completely mesmerized. “Yeah… He only told me and my father what happened when you took him hostage, on his deathbed, after he received a letter from you wishing him a good afterlife. He told us that he met you the first time when he was just a Prince and that you were his first love, but for political reasons, he married my grandmother.”
“Yeah, I never forgave him for that. Your grandmother was sweet, but she took my love away from me. Your grandfather tried a couple of times to take me to his Castle and make me a Royal Mage. Every time he sent a message or sent an envoy, I would take my horse, travel to Durant, enter the Castle, bow to the Queen and kick his butt. The nerve of that guy — first he abandons me, and then he invites me to work for him? After his third attempt,
