"It was fate, the one that got away." He brings her hand to his lips and kisses her knuckles, the biggest smile gracing his face. Their relationship had started at school, but was abruptly ended by Theo’s father at the start of the war. His father demanded he find a pure blood girl strong enough to stand on their side, and as a result pushed his son into fling after fling, refusing to be serious about anyone other than Astoria.