Helen was lucky that she had simply tied the kids to the chairs and hadn't truly hurt them in a cruel way. Stefan’s arm had been wrapped, and he held on to Conan the whole time.

"Hey, where's Leo?" Conan peered behind Mona and was surprised not to see Leo. It might not have been possible to fix things so quickly for today's festivities without Leo’s support.

Mona shook her head. She remembered the words she had said to Helen in a hurry, and her eyes grew heavy. She had thought of several ways that Leo could find out who the kids really were, but she had never thought of...