"I..." he make sure that every part of Caleb's hair was wet and then he reached for some of the shampoo in bottles, placing a small amount in his palm and then he coated his palms with it before he pressed his hands into soaked locks and started to massage it through strands until a pleasing lather resulted from the fragrant mixture, careful to get the roots and then downward to attend to the ends. "I am uncertain about the cultural significance or where it stemmed from as I was never truly interested in courtship rituals before."

There had been talks and negotiations however he had skillfully extracted himself from them. 10 years ago it had been Adeen and there had been an 'almost' betrothal, but that had bee curtailed due to some things that Adeen had said about him in public.

"I do not miss the Dynasty-- not really, it was never really home to me. I miss my brother, but I have recently discovered that home is people- not places."