Does Grace like your Strange Uncle?”

“Yes.”

Without hesitation, Grace nodded heavily.

Casare raised his hand and touched Grace’s nose.

“Very good.”

Casare put Grace down and said to her, “Grace, you and the bodyguard go ahead and get the doctor over here.”

When Grace heard her father tell her to call the doctor, she quickly ran off happily on her little short legs.

Amon stared at Grace’s back running away, the tension in his heart slowly eased.

Casare walked up to him and condescended to crush his hopes.

“Did you think that I intentionally kept Grace away because I didn’t want her to see the bloodshed?”

asare lifted his...