“I know it hurts to find out that things are different than they look in your mind, but that doesn’t mean you have to give up your dreams. If it’s a family you want so much, then one day, you might find one.” Nuramon’s thoughts returned to the night before they departed on the elfhunt and the oracle’s counsel that Emerelle had passed on to him. “Do you know what the queen once said to me?” The girl shook her head. “She said, ‘Choose your kinfolk for yourself.’”
