The Sunspire No other shotgun rider

Any bitterness towards the situation she felt was directed at just that... The situation. It would have been so easy to take it out on Jace or Sumayl, to say they weren't trying hard enough. And perhaps a part of her did... yes, perhaps she did. But she did so in equal measure towards each, and she knew that it was a vain sort of blame. Because she knew they loved her, and if she knew that, then she knew they would do all they could before they risked losing her. There was no way they weren't trying.

And while the prospect of leaving here was awful, the thought of him leaving without her was worse. "I know you didn't," she responded softly. That didn't change the fact that it had to be made all the same, but she appreciated that he appeared truly sorry for putting her in the position. She just had to think though - suppose she took issue with one of his own siblings? What would she wish him to do? Like he, she would never want to make him choose, but neither would she want to live with the unhappiness either.

"You would know." Unless Jace showed up unannounced (which he might do), he would always hear about it. "And if not, I don't think you could be faulted for avoiding him." The words felt sour in her mouth, but she wouldn't in any way hold it against him. She just hated that this was necessary so much. He could just walk away without a word.. Jace might even prefer that. Her ears twisted back slightly at the thought, but she knew it would work out. It had to.