Opportunity~
Seth Callan
Glenayre
Dinner was unexpectedly entertaining. Seth couldn’t remember when he’d laughed as readily. On the floor in their chambers, with a quilt spread over the tile, the young princes squirmed and tussled, and ended up getting more food on Isobel and him than in their bellies.
Seth propped on his elbow and grinned. Boys were easier at this age. He hadn’t realized how much he’d missed evenings like this with his sons. Those carefree hours were lost to the years, gone since he’d had to set aside play and ready them to be soldiers.
He didn’t know why, hadn’t even realized he was doing it, but he’d distanced himself from his boys as they’d grown older. Maybe it was guilt at not being able to shelter them from the duties they would have to shoulder. Maybe it was r
