“Our king has been advised that he has lived in solitude for too long. And in that spirit, he too believes our two people have been separated long enough—” “And whose fault is that? Not ours,” Garren grounds out. My father cuts him a sharp, silencing look. “Yes,” the visitor continues, “the War and those infernal Orcs who claimed the lives of our king’s beloved parents blinded him. He knows now that it was grief and loss that caused him to be so harsh. He wishes to use this night as the first step in repairing bonds between our two kingdoms.”
