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Hugo had a twin brother named Hugh who was the rightful heir to the Taran family. Hugo (Lucia's husband) was sent away from the family as a child and only came back after he was older. The Taran bloodline can only be passed down incestuously or by a super virgin. So Hugh ended up getting his cousin pregnant, who was Damien's mother. Damien's parents both died and so did his grandparents leaving only Hugo and Damien. Because Hugo loved Hugh, he swears he will run the Taran household until the rightful heir, Damien, is old enough to run it himself. Since Damien is Hugo's nephew, he sends him to the boarding school believing that it is a better place for a child rather then with him.
There's a lot more plot to this story then one might think. Hope this quenched your curiosity.

Spoiler, in a nutshell:
Usual duke of Taran: "Greetings. Have you met my half-sist--I mean, wife? Mother of our burly boys? Daughters? No, no. That's for girls who would go unnoticed if missing and brought up in special camps that stop them from having their periods until I'm ready to pump my ever-firm, dime-novel perfect Johnson into when I want my own boys to have a fertile woman to have their own heirs with.
"Mmh? Oh, I don't run these camps; the family doctors do. It's all very huch, hush in the north, you understand. Anything to preserve this exquisite bloodline of pure berserker prowess coupled with the sex-drive of an energizer bunny."

Spoiler ish ig lel
Damien is a really cute kid. He sees the duke as his idol and wants to become cool like him haha. At first he sees Lucia as a threat that might hate his presence, since he would be considered to be an illegitimate child that would take over the family. (Which of course be a threat to her kids) he’s first a quiet kid not understanding warmth from a parent, but then he turns into a cute overprotective child that will be close to Lucia and want to protect her. A certain situation arise and he realized that he was powerless unlike his father. He takes it up to himself to study harder than before to gain his own strength to support his family.

Omg he is absolutely a sweetheart.....unlike his fatherHe is very quiet and shy but once you get to know him he is very sweet.At first he thought lucia might hate him since he’s not her child but he soon realised that she is very kind so he becomes close to her and they have a good mother and son relationship also spoiler Damein is not hugo’s biological child he’s Hugo’s twin brother’s son so that makes Damein hugo’s nephew however after his brother died hugo decided to adopt Damein.....though Damein doesn’t know.
To the people who have read the novel, can you tell me some things about Damien? ☹ im desperate
Like who his mother is, his personality or smth thanks in advance