In The Conservation

"Don't you want to venture out?" Lauriel asked after they had dinner. "The scenery around the conservation is very beautiful at night. I'll be heading to bed early. You guys just have fun, okay..."

Lauriel must've deliberately said he wanted to go to bed early to give the couple some time alone. Aleksis and Nicolae didn't bring the twins to Kenya because they were taken by Rune to be his guinea pig, just as how he and London used to be their uncle Aldebar's guinea pigs when they were younger.

Nicolae and Aleksis looked at each other and smiled faintly at Lauriel's words.

"We're fine, really. We can spend lots of time together another time," Nicolae said to her father, "We have a lifetime to spend together."

Lauriel looked at Nicolae with a meaningful gaze.