68 Trapped

When the girl named Elle pulled away from the hug, she turned to Luciana with a smile.

"You must be the future queen."

"Meet Luciana. She's my wife. And you are right, she will be the the future queen."

"I'm Janelle. Friends and family call me Elle. Raziel is my cousin. A pleasure to meet you." Elle introduced herself, before hugging Luciana, taking her by surprise.

"It's a pleasure to meet you too."

"I will see myself inside." Elle declared, and Luciana guessed that it was not the first time she was coming there.

"You didn't mention that you have cousins." Luciana said to him.

"I hardly remember them." He said.

"Why? You don't have good relationship with them?" She curiously asked him.

"Not exactly. We are actually cool with each other, but not exactly close. I was closer to Aaron and Janelle, but I stopped being close to Aaron after my mother died. The king cut ties with us because he blamed my father for her death." Raziel explained to her.