She couldn't argue with her parents. Not over the lie they had been told to conceal their missing daughter's true location for over a year. Antonin constructed a very plausible story that she'd been asked to study an obscure branch of magic down in the rainforests. While it wasn't supposed to keep her away from home for as long as it had, there had been some unforeseen complications. Lies rolled off of his tongue with ease. That was more like the man she was used to than the one he'd been trying to be since her return.