The frigid expression that was always plastered on his face contorted into a sour,, dissapointed look. Cara, however, didn't let his visible discomfort by the news get under her skin. To her the reasons she had taken were valid and fair -- or at least that was what she was trying to convince herself of.
"A few days ago" she barked, her eyes not faltering against the icyness of his own. She did not bother to say the exact moment and time, and much less admit that she had been basically had to edge Mordecai into giving her the green light she had been waiting for.
It was natural that Kaname was shocked by the calm tone in her voice. He and her alike would have thought she would have preferred for her lungs to crash and her heart to stop before giving up the throne. It was true. Part of her, cried in agony while her other half tried to finally get through her thick skull that all of the choices made would be worth it in the long run.