User blog comment:HoundTheDestroyer93/Ask The Jaghunds/@comment-28358106-20180105174812/@comment-28358106-20180107074020

"Well, er...but..." Arlo starts to talk, but trails off as Marcus leaves to go back to the estate. Aegis, Bree and Arlo watch him leave in silence. When they think he is out of earshot---which of course, he isnt---they begin speaking in hushed tones.

"What the blazes was that all about?" Arlo says.

"Hell if I know," Aegis huffs.

"But, is he your uncle, or ain't he?" Arlo says, getting a little exasperated by this point.

"Oh, yeah.  He's my uncle, all right.  He just doesn't know how to stop being an asshole sometimes," she retorts, but the last few words drop a little, as if she is already beginning to regret what she said.

When Marcus reaches the Estate, he finds Regina outside in the side garden, visible from the cobble drive leading to their front gate. She's bent over a stone trough full of herbs, giving him a nice view of her rear.

She hears him approaching,  and straightens up. "Well, that was quick!" She says brightly. "Were you able to find her?"