"Please calm down, everyone," Marina said, interrupting before the argument turned into a heated one. She looked at her husband and said, "Aeldric, it's the first time we are meeting our son's family. Instead of being happy, you are already set on laying your claim on the kids—kids who belong more to their own father than their grandfather."
Aeldric frowned to see his wife taking someone else's side instead of his. "Marina, I was—"
"Aeldric, back then you separated Alexander from me and raised him on your own. You took away my son, but I won't tolerate it if you do the same with our grandsons. They are still young."
"Alexander was of their age when I started training him, and look at him—how capable he is…"
"Capable enough to have his family in secret and not even want his father to know about it?" Marina countered. "Is this what you wanted from your son? He is clearly not pleased with your ways and wants to keep his kids away. Isn't that already clear to you?"
