"..."
There was no one else in the room, the trio were literally hyperventilating and looking at the Emperor who sat there in silence, his visage dark.
There had been doubts, in her mind, it could be just conjectured, the only thing she was a hundred per cent assured of was that they were family, that silver hair existed only in one place in the entire continent, the way he seamlessly involved himself in their lives from childhood to adulthood only confirmed this fact and made her understand that they were likely closer than she anticipated.
There was no proof, nothing apart from a gut feeling each time she saw the Emperor's countenance. Gerald and Casper had felt the same, but they were boys, focused in their own lives and exploits to try and investigate this relationship, unlike Katherine who felt the necessity to realise what is going on.
