"Nolan!" Alder was shocked to see him enter his room without any warning. "Did you… hear…?"
"Yes, we heard everything, and I am in favour," said Nolan.
"What are you talking about? He is talking about manipulating our kid and you are in favour," snapped Opaline. Morgana immediately walked out and pulled Opaline in and shut the door so that no one could hear their voices.
"Inside voices, people! No one must hear us," snapped Morgana.
"Luna Opaline! Don't you want your daughter to have her mate?" asked Alder.
"Of course I want that. But she rejected him," said Opaline.
"And none of us knows the reason why she rejected him," said Alder. "And no one of us will ever know until they talk to each other."
"All I know is he did something wrong, that's why even Thorin hates him. He never treats him like his prince. He treats him like she betrayed his sister," replied Opaline.