Tears welled in my eyes throughout his story. It was no wonder Thara and him were always so private about their family life. After learning their parents were dead, I simply assumed it was too painful to talk about, so I never pushed the subject.
"What about Thara?" I asked.
"She was far more protected than I was. Mom kept her around almost twenty-four seven, except for school. She didn't see or hear as much as I did growing up, thank the Goddess. She still knows everything, but I guess it affected her less than it did me."
I nodded, not sure what to say. But Dimitri wasn't done with his story.
"When my parents died, I spent a lot of time blaming myself. If I had been with them, maybe I could have stopped them from being killed. Or at least one of them. I don't know. As the future Alph
