While Aether was being tested and horrified by Xara's involvement with blood… meanwhile, in one of the rooms in the palace, Nyx blankly stared at the women who sat before her on the bed with a haughty expression.
The room felt colder than it should, as if the walls themselves waited to see what judgment would fall on her.
Nyx wasn't sure why they were acting like this, but as soon as they helped her settle down, they had been staring at her with curious and judging eyes.
Nyx glanced at Nightfire… who, too, was standing by her side, tense, staring back at those girls as if waiting for a blow to land.
'Are they going to bully me?' Nightfire thought with a trembling expression, 'Is this what they call bullying of the new wives? Trying to mark new territory? Are they trying to strip us down and measure us… to show who stands higher in this strange gathering?' Her mind reeled with countless thoughts and questions as her legs nervously rubbed against the ground.
