When they went to live with their grandparents the triplets felt very hopeful about the future. Their parents' warnings even looked entirely unwarranted after a while.
It was after their first "mixer" with "people of their age" that they noticed anything amiss. The questions didn't sound that bad at first, typical parental figure inquiring about romantic prospects. But the question got insisting and the parties more frequent. The young Daliath women looked less friendly and more "looking for an opening to exploit", so did the girls' relatives.
For a while, Felix (or Feliaris in this world) held to the hope. He gave his parents the benefit of doubt. Then one night they are at a party with some Daliath from Parjen. Full-augmented Daliath, unlike the local norm of partial augmented like his family. Felix started a conversation with a (very) tall young woman, his age and a fashion model.
Their grandparents almost stopped the conversation by force. It must have been coordinated, some people distracted her and another set distracted him. Felix joined his brothers in not-attending the kind of event.
Then the grandparents, got wind of some rumors and confronted the triplets about it. Separately, so they couldn't coordinate. Luckily, Fernando predicted the possibility and they collectively deflected any questions. It was suspicious, but it meant their grandparents knew nothing besides that there was a boy named "Katur".
Their grandparents changed tactics. Of course they did.
Eleonora didn't get the chance to talk to the Vaesteri triplets at previous parties. Everyone wanted to talk to them. Of course, who wouldn't? Prestigious family, broken apart by tragedy, raised in the exotic and wild world of Earth and finally returned to Milirevi to reclaim their birthrights. It was the plot of a romance novel come to life and everyone wanted to be the heroine or be related to the heroine. Or more likely, they wanted status and money.
But time passed, Eleonora was not invited to other parties where the triplets attended and the rumor mill didn't reveal anything useful until the triplets stopped attending parties all together.
However, an invitation arrived at the Paresteri household, politely asking for attendance at a small tea party with other people (subtext: young women) of similar status.