Leopold had considered himself lucky for finding true love in his life, the kind that his parents never got the chance to experience. Though it was eating him inside out that he had no way of escaping his matches, and therefore neither did Cassandra. He wanted to find a way to gain the courage to talk to his parents and set the record straight. He wanted to be free of the burden of pretending to enjoy gatherings with his matches that would eventually lead to nothing and essentially became a waste of his very precious time. How he was supposed to do that was a mystery that floated in the air for him, but he was suddenly determined to try. After the incidents with Nout Holloway, Leopold knew that it would be close to impossible for him to be alright with seeing Cassandra meet more matches, a
