Abaddon and Valerie stared at each other intensely.
It was hard to tell whether or not the two were angry with each other or just frustrated. Gabbrielle was starting to think that maybe the abrupt approach wasn't favorable after all.
"You want to explain?" Valerie asked Abaddon sharply.
In response, the dragon just avoided her gaze.
"…I wasn't willing to risk you going. I thought that if I could make it so that there wasn't a problem you would have no reason to leave."
"And what if it was something I wanted?" Valerie asked back.
"Is it..?"
"That's not the point, M'anari, you kept a choice from me..! What's more, you got our children involved!"
Gabbrielle and Straga were only now realizing their plan might've had more volatile consequences than originally intended.
'She used his government name… t-they're not getting a divorce, are they??' Straga nudged his sister.
'D-Don't be stupid. They would never let each other walk away.'
