Ocean's Breath Plateau 'Cause everything I feel is a waste of time

Our things. The realization of her misunderstanding was swift, and on the heels of it came the shattering of a second revelation: that she no longer trusted her husband to choose her above others. And perhaps this was her own fault. Marina didn't know.

The breath left her lungs all at once, and she turned to bury her face in Chakliux's chest fur with a halting sob. I thought - Her voice broke under the tears she could no longer hold back. I thought you wanted me to go alone.

I'm sorry. I'm so scared to lose you, too, The confession fell from her lips unbidden, wavering. Tullik was all I had while you were away. But it was more than that; she'd loved Tullik, though she'd never dared to say it. Surely Chakliux knew. Surely he understood that his was not the only heart broken by this loss.