Phloria Ernas wasn’t having the time of her life. Her adoptive sisters were running circles around her in the academy, her mother called too often with stars shining in her eyes, waiting for some big announcement. Every time she heard from her father, Orion seemed to be on the verge of tears instead.

Also, her relationship with Lith hadn’t progressed much during the last month, giving her the impression there was something wrong.

They were already at their sixth date and Lith had always behaved like a perfect gentleman, having a deep knowledge of the places they visited together even if he had never been there before.

Phloria didn’t know about Soluspedia, so the idea of him investing so much time and effort for her sake was truly flattering. They would always have brilliant conversations and while his jokes were a bit odd, Lith managed to be funny or mature according to the situation.

The problem was everything else.

– “He is way too mature, but that’s actually nice.” She would often think. “The more I know him, the more it seems I’m dating my parents though. He is a paranoid control freak like mom, but without being bossy or nosy.

“He is also caring and protective like dad, without being clingy or possessive. I like his virtues and flaws, but while, at the start, it was nice of him to leave me my personal space and not try to touch me inappropriately, now I’m starting to worry about it.