Milena remained quiet. She had somewhat suspected it, but... To have her doubts confirmed by her father was a bit strange. Since she had been brought back, Milena had an understanding that the Duke wasn't willing to speak about her k********g or her mother's death. She got that. But he had never mentioned anything about Prince Rayan being implied as well, only that those events had occurred in the Royal Castle...
"He was with my mother and me?" She asked softly.
Her father had a dark expression as if each of her questions hurt him deeply. Milena felt sorry about that, but she wanted to know. While her mother's disappearance was probably the deepest, most painful injury the Duke had ever suffered, to her, it was a void in her heart that needed to be filled.
"He was... Though since he
