"There are a few I like," I said quickly, turning to my mother's warm smile to avoid the chill on the other end of the room. "And I…I was thinking that it might be nice to get to know them better away from the…busyness in the capital." "Away? Away where?" Grandmother squawked. "Oh, how lovely! Like a common little honeymoon," my mother cooed. "We could go north," I said. I would find the truth and the answers for myself.
