Word of Amira’s blossoming courtship with Thaddeus reached Drogo during one of his regular check-ins, and Bonita watched his reaction carefully, searching still, even after nearly two years of consistent demonstrated change, for any lingering trace of calculation beneath his evident emotion. “Another daughter finding genuine happiness,” he said, something wistful entering his weathered voice. “I confess, I find myself hoping, perhaps foolishly, that I might eventually have opportunity to properly meet this Thaddeus myself, should circumstances ever allow it.” “That remains entirely Amira’s choice,” Bonita reminded him, though her tone carried genuine warmth rather than the sharp caution such reminders had once required. “I understand completely,” Drogo said. “I’m simply sharing hope, Bonita, not demand. I’ve learned, I believe, the difference between those two things, given everything these past years have properly taught me.” It was several weeks later, during one of Amira’s own
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