The rest of Elara's day dragged on slowly as she awaited the evening meal with her father, William. Ever since Seraphina had hinted that Elara might come from royal blood, questions had been swirling through her mind about her family history. Elara's mother had died when she was very young, so she had few memories of her own. She longed to know more about where she came from and who her mother really was before passing.
Over dinner, Elara planned to ask William for the full story. Did they have nobility or royalty in their ancestry? What details could William provide about her mother's origins and life before Elara was born? Elara hoped to finally piece together her unclear family lineage. Her mother had become an enigma and source of identity crisis since Seraphina's provocative words.
