"Uncle?" David's eyebrows shot up in surprise.
"You know me?" Vancouver asked, equally stunned.
Star's four soldiers were also confused, their eyes darting between Star and the man who had saved them.
Star stood frozen, her fists clenched, the words she'd heard long ago replaying in her mind.
["We just got the news, Lord Vancouver of the Star Nation and the only uncle to the former King was killed in a bombing... But no funeral was held, because they suspect him of being a traitor to the nation."]
Star remembered those words perfectly. Lord Vancouver had been like a second father to her, and the shock of seeing him alive was what had caused her to slip up.
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[Star Nation.]
