Hogan still stood, letting the fears fall from his eyes, with his wife and child clasped quite firmly in his grips, there was nothing he valued more than his family and their well being, the kingdom could wait whenever any issue arose with them.
This was one of such situations, the nobles had been quite generous in their permission of his absence from the brotherhood, it might have had a very different interpretation of it was someone else who had done such a thing, his devotion to matters concerning family was all too obvious, his nobles saw it, his servants saw, the entire population who owed him their servitude saw it quite clearly too, the exception always had to be made for him.
"What happened Cilia?", Hogan asked desperately, finally finding his voice as the tears had managed to st
