Northstar Vale Nothing as black as my heart

“Should I?”

The glare did not rock him. It only braced his own suspicion that something wasn’t quite right. The bristling man was convincing enough, but Noctaryn remained suspicious. 

For a mother to leave a daughter who wasn’t chosen as heir did not make sense. He would think she’d leave with all of her children if that were the case. As Chaudry stated, their daughter was not chosen, which meant that there had to have been some love, some higher want for their daughter to succeed in life. If they couldn’t find it here, then they could have found it somewhere else. Together.

Yet, Julienne remains here. With Chaudry.

“I would think Julienne would need her mother.”