"I hope it's not impertinent of me," Ludya looked at the blue eyes, which were as firm and clear as always. In black and white photographs, he would look like his father's twins.
There was heartache and regret in Ludya's chest when he heard about what happened to House Ishtera. Radia did not tell her what was the reason for the original betrayal, or what kind of power the Horins pursued in Zein which made them hunt him. But she didn't need to know it to see the heartbreak this family had experienced for the past three decades.
He wondered if there was something they could do had they known about it. Regretfully, Ludya thought that there might be nothing. Around that time, she was busy with her own heartbreak of losing her husband.
Perhaps it was just the course of fate.
