They left the Seelie Palace the following morning and traveled home in silence, each lost in their own thoughts. If not for the massive revelation from the night before—the news that Vi’s father was actually alive, that he’d been undercover all this time—Ryn would have pressed Vi for answers. Pleaded with her to explain herself. But he couldn’t ask her now. What had happened between them was insignificant in comparison to the fact that her father was alive. Her thoughts must be consumed by this single fact, and Ryn didn’t blame her. He could barely believe it himself.
her father was aliveHe returned home and tried to distract himself, determined to give Vi the space she needed to come to terms with her father being alive. He waited all afternoon and most of the evening too, but eventually
