Noctisardor Bypass asceso

there was no way for anselm or heda to explain themselves to etienne.
heda was determined to have — some sort of relationship with the dour man, for the sake of the sons who had mistakenly been born to them.
she did not know what anselm wanted. they could never marry, they could never speak of their connection; in truth she found it hard at times to even be near him, to work beside him.
and so the unfair torment for etienne went on!
heda came when he called, however, setting her eyes on a young woman with an unexpected pang of jealousy. "hello. i'm one of the den mothers, heda. druid is my sister. how can i help?"