After checking the castle wing where Thane thought his uncle would be, he found it to be completely empty. No signs of anyone living there in years...
Oh.
Thane knew where he was now. With a shaking breath, he traced his steps back to the wing where his family stayed and sure enough found signs of life.
His uncle had taken up their old wing. The same wing where Thane’s family was killed.
He patiently waited in the darkness, watching the guards and stood by for the change of their shift. He didn’t know when it was happening but knew it would some time before morning.
It was strange to be in the castle again, to see the lavishness and over the top wealth it exhibited. After ten years of living in the streets, his mindset has changed drastically and the decorative vases worth more than
