The woman smiles and hugs him. "That's good enough for me. I'm Lucilia, and I want to thank you for loving my little girl."

"Lucy," the man says in warning. He sighs. "Look, boy, just because my wife can find it in her heart to welcome you doesn't mean I want or approve of a demon hanging around my daughter, especially if it's to commingle."

"Father!" Cesidia says indignantly at the same time that Lucilia says, "Darien!"