Chapter 25: Pollux (4)

“It’s been a long time.” “It has.” Count Gale felt a bitter taste in his mouth as he looked at his daughter who would not properly meet his eyes. Considering how anxiously he had worried that he might not receive an invitation to the New Year’s banquet, he could not help feeling somewhat resentful. Then he saw the scars she still wore like medals, and his resentment faded into concern. Whatever else might have passed between them, she was still his child.