Well, even though Lucia’s father held the lingering fear that the southern man might steal her back to the southern kingdom, she knew her lover would never do such a thing. Lestor's honor and his pride would never allow him to go back on the vow he had made to Arhan two years ago.
But nonetheless, she understands her father’s fears. Having lost Lucia’s mother to apparent drowning and fearing for his unborn child dead, the discovery of Lucia, alive and full grown, had been a shock of epic proportions. The fact that his daughter had been a slave, then a servant of the southern men, and particularly a servant of Lestor, had driven him to the edge of madness, and his dealings with the southern people had bordered on war.
So Lucia was in the miserable position of keeping the two males she lov
