[ Something stronger would have been suitable if not for the fact that he wanted all the details clean and pristine. He quirks an eyebrow at her before settling down in one of the plush chairs by the couch. ]

She's the one that wanted Nik's baby dead. [ Hope was alive, his brother had shared that with him. ] So I guess bad behaviour runs in our family.

[ He's curious now, and that's obvious. ]

I heard you died of plague. You were with our aunt?