Neither Samantha nor Arabel said a word until Samantha's father returned. Arabel didn't know what to say, and Samantha, Arabel noticed, didn't want to talk to her.
When a middle-aged man with brown hair like Samantha's appeared, a teenager of about fourteen, who looked very much like his father, appeared from his room.
Despite the fact that this family was Arabel's relatives, she felt the distance between them and was not very surprised by this. Only Pamela was more or less friendly towards her.
Seeing this attitude, as soon as the entire Astor family gathered, Arabel opened an Access Portal and, telling them what could and could not be done, sent everyone to a previously prepared small house for one family.
And before she entered herself, she glanced at Darkia, who, as usual, was smiling and did not say a word.
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