Lucy's POV

They gasped, spreading their lips wide apart. His mom pulled off the glasses she wore just now in her eyes.

“What?” Their lips formed in unison.

“Yes,” Eric affirmed. “Mom, dad, you don't even stay in the palace to know what's going on.” His voice grew higher as he was pained by how his parents treated me. “Haven't you seen that her kids all have the same faces as me?”

I wanted to laugh seeing the confusion on their faces but I held my laughter, composing myself and pretending to be very serious. I didn't want to complicate issues but so far Eric was savage. It was so...