Seeing lots of different people from different species, living together in the same place as if there had never been a war, was strange to say the least. And a single look at them was enough to realize most of them had been exiled, with no other home to go to anymore. Maybe some were living away from their families, their loved ones, away from their lands. Maybe some others in fear of getting found and arrested and even beheaded. It wasn't the small paradise Arthmael had thought it would be when he had asked Evelyn to run away together. Yet, as long as she was with him, it didn't make much difference than living in the castle. At least with Evelyn here he would be free. But most importantly she would be free of contract marriages, the sufferings and the pain the royal court had caused he

