A Bruma's options

“I thought he only cared about having his grandson.”

“Yes. That's all he cares about. But he fears the power of the man who fell in love with you, and he'll feign indignation when the man comes after him and forces him to disown you so that he can never come back here.”

“But... won't this child I'm going to give birth to be able to meet my parents?”

“No, my dear. But it will form a beautiful family for itself. With lots of people. People she will choose. There's no point in having siblings, like I do, and not knowing them, is there?”

“I thought you were an only child...”

“I thought so too. But Mom had twins. Of course, she didn't let Dad know, because she was afraid she'd raise them like he was raising me. When she was three months old, she traveled to her relatives' house in Scotland and had the children there, where she left them and went back to her grandfather.”

“How old are they now?”

“They're thirty-five.”

“So the age difference between you isn't that great