Chapter 9 Tell Your Mother

• Everyone welcomed Irene and Rasmus during breakfast. They had returned early in the morning, and Aliyah was still asleep. Noah and Asher were the only ones awake when they returned, but Irene decided that they would turn in and all meet during breakfast.
• Aliyah smiled on seeing the older woman who was still looking as peerlessly beautiful as when she first met her. They hugged and exchanged pleasantries. “I have really missed you,” Aliyah said.
• “I have missed you too,” Irene smiled. “Who knows, maybe we can start spending more time here in the palace than moving around.”