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I'll read this once the boy appears
It should only be one or two chapters until he shows up
My bad. I forgot how many chapters it was, I guess I read fast enough it didn't seem like 20 chaps. Oops!
Many people are curious about how Damien came about and I have the whole story, spoilers included.
Pull up a chair, it's a bit complicated.
**SPOILER**
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So basically, the father of Hugh and Hugo was the previous Duke. He married his sister and had the twins. He also fathered several girls in for the twins to marry. The book mentions 3 girls in particular. For simplicity I'll call them 1, 2, and 3.
1: A healthy girl who was older than the twins. The previous Duke married her after the twin's mom died. She is the one who died at the west tower and was pregnant at the time (killed by Hugo)
2: A sickly girl who was the same age as the twins. She was thrown away by the duke because she would probably die before being useful.
3: A girl younger than the twins died when she was 12 from a horse riding accident. Originally meant to marry Hugo, but was young enough that Philip was going to marry her to Damian if he could.
It is unclear the exact order of events and it may or may not have been a coincidence, but Hugo (the original Hugo) met sister 2. The sick one. They fell in love and didn't know they were siblings. After doing the deed but without getting too serious, Hugo decided to kill his dad and sister 1 (his stepmom). Since he also killed himself he had no way of knowing that he got his girlfriend pregnant. She gave birth to Damian and then died. Philip (who may have set them up in the first place) took care of Damian until he was 2, and then gave him to the new Hugo and emotionally manipulated Hugo into keeping him.
Long story short, it's all a mess and kinda gross. But lemmie know if you have any questions.
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