Thor walked over to the window. His voice was lower now, but heavy with feeling.

“Raul… isn’t my biological father. My parents’ marriage was a deal between families. But my mother was in love with one of my grandfather’s employees. A manipulative bastard. She gave herself to him, thinking it was love. But what he wanted was status. My grandfather found out and put an end to it. Three months later, my mother married Raul.”

Celina listened, motionless, her face pale.

“My mother hid the pregnancy.