“If I didn't have a daddy, I would have asked Uncle Samuel to be my daddy,” Hopey remarked.

Eliana watched her daughter’s innocent face, and she couldn't bring herself to scold her. How did she explain to a child the complicated entanglement that surrounded them? She didn’t understand Hopey’s affection for Samuel either.

But he was the person who went to the State of Rothmark to rescue the little girl.

Though Eliana wasn’t sure how he ...