Cousins
Aleksis finally called Alaric. She had woken up at the sound of an incoming phone call from Alaric, but unfortunately when she was about to pick up the phone, it stopped ringing.
After washing her face and drinking a cup of coffee, she decided to call him back. She longed to hear Alaric's voice.
She felt like crying and she wanted to tell Alaric about the anxiety she was feeling because she had to hide their relationship from Lauriel. She wanted Alaric to come home soon so that they could talk about the incident that happened 20 years ago, when Alaric's organization targeted her father.
At that time, Alaric was probably still very young, so there was a possibility that he wasn't even involved ... but still, it would be difficult to bring him to meet Aleksis' parents given his relationship with Rhionen Assassins.