Mina sat in Cylus' craft room watching him work on the dress he was making for her while he briefed her about what he was able to pry out of his mother. Madam Celeste Rue knew David Harlow, but she claimed they were not friends. At the time, people treated the man poorly because he was not one born of the Harlow blood. Mina felt herself grow angry, but Cylus insisted that his mother was not one of those people, but his father was.
"Is that why your father is hostile toward me?"
"Maybe," Cylus admitted before he continued his story.
"My mother is aware that you are David's daughter, but she doesn't suspect anything. My father on the other hand; he has been warning me to stay away from you since you met." Mina felt her heart clench with the information. She had hoped that they were wrong, but what were the chances?
