Seaside Moors keep coming back

Kaertok had expected her outburst, and he continued to steady himself in the moment. The first time he had left her, he had asked her to come along, and she had refused. The second, she had been angry. The third, they’d both had children to think of. But now… his children were old enough. He had paid his debt to Arbiter and Legion. He did not feel that same connection to Legion, or even his own children that he had helped raised, as he did with Raleska. Malrok might’ve been an exception, but he would let her go if it meant that he could remain with Raleska.

Tell me to stay, and I will. It was as simple as that. He would likely make an enemy out of Arbiter, but at this rate he doubted her ability to have strong emotions. She had never shown them to him. He had never broken through Arbiter’s tough exterior, and he had resolved that he never would. She was strong, but not fierce and fiery like Raleska was.