The fortress had survived wars, political disasters, divine interventions, and several centuries of Eros Draven's temper. What it was not prepared for was two boys under the age of two. Freya realized that shortly after Lucien was born. Evren had greeted his younger brother with the kind of excitement usually reserved for discovering buried treasure. For the first three days, he followed the healers around the fortress demanding updates. By the fourth day, he had appointed himself Lucien's personal guardian. By the fifth, everyone understood that separating him from the baby would require military intervention. The situation only became more complicated as Lucien grew older. Unlike Evren, whose presence often carried an inexplicable sense of wonder, Lucien arrived in the world determined to make himself known through sheer personality. Even as an infant, he possessed a stubborn streak strong enough to rival his father's. If Evren wanted something, he usually found creative ways to
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