Too hung up on the discovery, Zac asked, "Dad… How would that be possible? Weren't you there–"
"No. I, along with every other general, wasn't allowed in."
"But you're friends–"
"Considering that divine, incurable toxin in their bloodstreams, it made sense to close the palace, even to us," reasoned Tiberius. "But the one man that was allowed to visit Constance. And, given his ascension to the throne, perhaps he and they made a plan to keep the kids a secret, for the sake of their protection."
Zac was still curious about one thing that didn't add up. "But why would they need to hide? Wouldn't they–"
