"Are you okay, Lia?" Valerio asked as they finally stepped inside the palace after coming back to Escalara from their visit to Aleksander.
Ophelia nodded her head, brushing away the thoughts that were nagging her mind as she sighed. "Yes, I am." She answered in a stern voice, more so, to assure herself. "Considering everything." She added in a small mumble.
Valerio smiled and slung his arm across her shoulders as he led her into the library of the palace. They both made their way to the seating area before Ophelia plopped down on a brown leather couch and Valerio made a beeline to the small bar in one corner of the room to pour drinks for them both.
"What do you plan on doing about Rowan?" Valerio asked her as he sat down beside her, "we can't keep him and his crew here forever." He poi
