Chapter 9: Antares (3)

“Rowen, it has been a long time.” “It has. Have you been well, Brother?” Enzo gazed at his youngest brother with mixed emotions as Rowen bowed respectfully before him. The brother he had not seen in nearly a year had grown into a man. Enzo had heard that Rowen had even held a modest coming-of-age ceremony with his friends on the battlefield. Had it not been for a loaded remark from his father-in-law, Duke Gurat, Enzo might never have learned why Rowen had been unable to return to the palace for so long.