Zara's face grew darker. "Cheating on your wife after being married for seven hundred years...? With someone she had complete faith in?!
"I'd curse him too." Zephyra went on, "We still don't know what the betrayal was."
Rick was twitching on his seat hearing that because he felt bad having to have bonded with Sylvia, Zara, and Carmilla, where the three of them at some point have a husband or partner, even though they're already gone.
"The outcome is what counts... Nerissa shut down all of her emotions."
"She keeps doing her job because she is in charge of millions of ocean creatures, but she does it with mechanical efficiency instead of real care."
"Her kids say she's cold, distant, and going through the motions of being a mother and a ruler without any of the warmth she used to have."
Rick's chest felt tight. "That sounds like someone who's in a lot of pain but can't show it because there are too many people who need them to be strong."
