Yeah sorry for the name switching mistakes… I noticed that too but I guess I didn't fully check.

Stress! Haha

Anway enjoy…

Irene was laughing as she caught sight of Oliza running to greet her. Oliza only smiled and ran to hug her beloved aunt, the woman had helped raised her when her mother and father were far too busy with the kingdoms.

"Was your journey well?" Oliza helped her aunt with her large cloak and then gave it to one of the household servants to put away. Suddenly, the thought that something had happened to her parents came into her mind. Irene only came on special occasions and she had not set foot in Wyvern's Court since Oliza's union to Avaram. "Is everything alright? Has something happened?"

Irene laughed softly and placed her hand on Oliza's to calm her down. "Nothing has happened." She looked around the palace, her eyes taking in the place once more. "Everyone at the Palace has been so busy lately… and Salem is no longer a little boy and you know how he is. He loves to roam here and there that I barely have a chance to see him." She appeared to be sad, no doubt thinking on the days when Salem was just a child. She replaced that sudden sadness that overcame her with a smile. "Your parents have been busy settling some affairs as well and so I came here to keep you company…"

Oliza laughed at her aunt's idleness and then placed her arm around her in a gesture of comfort. "And what about Uncle Galen?"

Irene only laughed gently. "He had to stay at the Palace for now but will come here in two days."

"Irene!" Avaram had come into the room and greeted Irene warmly before walking towards his beloved Oliza.

It had given Oliza a great joy to see her aunt once again. She had been somewhat like her second mother, and her beloved cousin Salem like the brother she had never had. Neither of them were children anymore and both had to take different paths. The melancholy that the memories of the past brought her was a painful one. If she had not been born into the line she was born in, both powerful and proud, then she could have gone off with Ulrik. However, it had not been so and one day, she would have to face the reality that he would leave.