"..."
Soren looked at his father-in-law, the silence between them taut.
On a purely pragmatic level, he understood the logic. Just like President Craig, his father-in-law had simply chosen the lives of the many over the life of one. Yet, perhaps that one life was his wife, and Darius's own daughter, Soren could not bring himself to fully accept it.
Was total abandonment really the only option available to a 7th-Circle powerhouse?
Even if keeping her in the main household was too dangerous, a man of Darius's stature surely had better options than forcing her into an arranged marriage contract and hoping for the best.
Well, he got to meet Ethea thanks to that, so he could not entirely resent the outcome, but the methodology still felt incredibly reckless.
'Could it be...'
Soren squinted, thinking perhaps the man was protecting her from the shadows. But that theory fell apart immediately.
