To her mortification, Alina found out that the most anticipated encounter was not going to be as simple as she had imagined. Instead of a pair of loving parents welcoming them, she suddenly faced a group of strangers which suspiciously looked like every affluent family in the United States.
Alina felt her jaw clench under the force of the shock of finding the terrace where they had landed full of people. Either it was bad timing or a way to deter them, Fiona Landon had arranged a homecoming party upon their arrival to introduce them to relatives or friends, had done so without prior warning considering the way her husband stood frozen beside her.
“I’m sorry,” Dem was saying as she hurried towards them on the landing pitch, picking up Alban from Velia who looked more than impressed with t
