Delphine
Delphine had known the question was coming. But it confirmed it was him and... that made her want to cry. She knew better than to cry, of course. She didn't know how he felt about her or would feel about her once she admitted that for two years she had hidden with her children in a cave, isolating herself in her denial, and then because it was just what she knew how to do...
Quietly, still rooted in place, she responded: "In a cave, in the Hollowed Grounds." She'd never left, even after the barrier had gone down. "With them," she gestured vaguely over her shoulder, to the girls', who were long gone on their own adventure, something that was giving her anxiety, but for now... Remi had her attention.
"It... felt safer, than Caido, after we all portaled in." She averted her gaze to stare to the ground, biting her lip. "I was... afraid that Bellamy was here, too, and that..." She drifted off, almost like a child who was being scolded because that was how it felt.
"...well, I think Zariah was right; I was just a toy to him, a pet. And..." Zariah's words about how her husband would treat her had seared into her mind; because the woman had been right. "...I was afraid he'd take the kids. He didn't come, though, as far as I know. But..." That fear would stay in the back of her mind until she found another high-powered person to cling too, or learned to protect herself.
One was more likely than the other.
Quietly, still rooted in place, she responded: "In a cave, in the Hollowed Grounds." She'd never left, even after the barrier had gone down. "With them," she gestured vaguely over her shoulder, to the girls', who were long gone on their own adventure, something that was giving her anxiety, but for now... Remi had her attention.
"It... felt safer, than Caido, after we all portaled in." She averted her gaze to stare to the ground, biting her lip. "I was... afraid that Bellamy was here, too, and that..." She drifted off, almost like a child who was being scolded because that was how it felt.
"...well, I think Zariah was right; I was just a toy to him, a pet. And..." Zariah's words about how her husband would treat her had seared into her mind; because the woman had been right. "...I was afraid he'd take the kids. He didn't come, though, as far as I know. But..." That fear would stay in the back of her mind until she found another high-powered person to cling too, or learned to protect herself.
One was more likely than the other.
Let me make you smile, darling.
