Irina POV
Her father and Luc had gone.
She could feel the heaviness had lifted. She observed the improved mood in everyone she saw. All throughout the palace and the capitol, people were celebrating Luc's departure. The air even felt lighter. Doubly so, since Katya and Aleksandr left with Luc and Oliphant.
Had it been a mistake to let dangerous enemies and traitors leave to return to Lammas, a safe haven for them? Would they start trouble after a few years? Or would her father settle for keeping his new toy?
It served Luc right. It served her father right. They both were willing to betray their own flesh and blood all for power and alliances while indulging in their own dark desires. Now, they only wound up with each other.
"We won't have to worry about them anymore." Ariana's Aunt Sally held her arm. "With no next generation, at least not that they'll acknowledge, the Lammas royal line will die out."