The next day at lunch, the General miraculously showed up to join the rest of the family. Lord Sharou did not spare him the interrogation, asking when Stephanie would be let out of her room.
"Yes General, when are you letting your toy out?" Jariyah poked into the conversation and that turned heads.
"When I'm certain it's safe for her to." Arsalan ignored her offensive words.
"Lord Arsalan has a concubine?" Kasia, Haness' wife, was hearing it for the first time.
"Yes, and it is none of your business," Haness did not entertain her curiosity. Shila scoffed at that reaction and gingerly squeezed Parisa's hand in secret.
"Pardon me General, but it is not healthy for her to stay cooped up," Darya said.
"Did I ask for your opinion?" Arsalan shot the woman a glare.
Sharou, "Darya means
