| What Rift had whispered to Astra was: "What would your parents say,
Princess, if they found out that you had conceived out of wedlock?" So
not only had he been more observant of her condition than the bandits had
been, Astra realised unhappily, but he had somehow worked out who she was.
It had perhaps been a mistake for her to mention her Aquilarian heritage
during the lawyer's first interrogation (#1699). Once she had regained
her own form, her red hair had probably given her away, for red hair was
rare in Aquilaria and Astra's was famous. She thought she could predict
what her parents would do if they were to learn of her pregnancy: disown
and disinherit her.
"If you don't want them to find out," Rift had continued, "then you
and Fred will do as I say. Should anything happen to me, then Tarin has
instructions to ensure that a certain sealed envelope is sent to Aquilaria."
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