“Princess Anoa… I know that you must be trying desperately to convince me that you were truly in love with the human—and believe me when I say that I believe that you are being honest—but none of this is going to make a difference. The Elders will not take responsibility for his death, and even if you do so and decide to find the person who attacked him yourself, they will not punish them.”
I wasn’t at all surprised to hear what she said. I must admit that I did feel disappointed, the weight of it all settling down on my shoulders like a physical weight, but it was a weight that I had to ignore for now. She was waiting for me to say something to her—that much was obvious, with the way that she looking at me so intensely. It was almost as if she was trying to look right through me
