"My father was furious — I'd set a pointless love affair above the interests of the House. He expelled me from

"My father was furious — I'd set a pointless love affair above the interests of the House. He expelled me from the family, and ordered to leave our lands under threat of death. And Tania..." A shadow of a smile crosses Kesten's face, only to leave it even more grim than before. "Her mother was seriously ill, and she stayed behind to care for her, rather than follow me into exile. Thus, I was on my own: disgraced, without a name — and without love."