"Let's just say…. having spent two years in that devil's company…I can't say that it was all bad," the duke stammered out with a blush.
"Your old man even managed to defeat her in combat during the last months of my stay," came a proud boast as the duke valiantly tried to restore his image.
"So why did you leave?" Sophie asked in puzzlement.
A look of sorrow crossed her father's face and he just silently shook his head in reluctance to say more about the matter.
Sophie could tell that she had pushed him enough today and would not receive any more information on what happened to her parents' relationship. She just nodded her head in silence while thinking of when to breach the subject again.
The duke snapped out of his daze and asked the burning question on his mind, "So what exactly happened to your body?"
Where do I even start!
