Plans for the future (1)

Tobias stayed with Hazel until it was time to send her off with her family. As much as he would like for her to stay in the palace for them to properly celebrate their engagement, she had to go so he could bear with all the conversations that would need to be had.

"We need to talk," Tabitha said, standing beside Tobias to watch the Wallaces leave.

"Is it something that will make us clash or something that will be useful to me? I am not over how adamant you were about making her take a pointless test. All of you were going to hurt her," Tobias said, not sparing a glance at his mother.

He heard all about the so-called test the doctor liked to do and it made no sense. Whether or not the girl was a virgin was a hunch and the test was merely an excuse to experiment.