33. The New Kingdom

Rafael's POV:

I should have known my father would have something up his sleeve, but he is surely mistaken if he thinks this will bother me.

My day started out great with so many nice things I encountered as I saw mine and Astrid's friendship getting a little more robust, and that's a lot of progress I get to watch between us.

I was the happiest man in the world right now, but my father had to ruin everything by opening his filthy mouth. I could see he was up to something, but he declared us Varlets before I could figure it out.

I can tell...