100 Not wrong to be weak

"A war?" Alora was stunned to learn that at the time when Magnus was four years old, the entire kingdom was in chaos. 

"Yes. The war went on for five years and it took three more years to bring stability and peace in the Kingdom. I hardly saw my father and mother as I started growing up. In the initial years, the vampires grow faster than the humans. A four-year-old would look like a ten-year-old," Magnus explained to her. 

"What about the Queen? Was she in the war too?" Alora asked. 

"No, she was with Lillian. I was under the care of my aunt, who is no more. Alaric is three years older than me while Izaak is five years older than me. When I was in a growing stage, I always waited for my father and mother to see me. They never did," he said as he recalled the time of his childhood.

Alora sensed his sadness while he shared brief information about his childhood with her. "Were you not in the palace? Were you at your aunt's house?" she queried.