Moonspear once more, with feeling

He arrived promptly, and Sialuk let her eyes rove over him as he approached. It was not the first time she had thought of him as attractive. Now, though, there was a wrinkle in her heart. Argent's abrupt departure had been hard on her. She still did not understand why he could not stay, though she had not begged him to. Freedom seemed only fair for one she had loved so deeply.

Elentari had built anew with Alaric, but her feelings for him had been brewing for months before Argent's departure. Had he sensed this? Sialuk could not say.

There is no easy way to put to words, she said, her expression thoughtful. You are here for children only, or...?