929 Upside Down (Part 1)

'I don't want Lith suffering Phloria's same fate. Neither of them deserves such treatment, but at least she has several powerful households supporting her. I'm just a farmer who lives in the house my son built and cultivates the lands he bought.

'Aside from my unconditional love, there's nothing I can offer to him.' Raaz thought.

His disappointment was in good company, but it turned into confusion after Lith asked Zinya to take Leria and Aran home with her. The confusion was replaced by amazement less than a minute later when Selia knocked on their door.

No one had seen the huntress for five years, since her sudden and mysterious disappearance during Lith's fourth year at the White Griffon academy. Not only did she seem to not have aged a day, but she was also in the company of a red-haired giant who she introduced as her husband.