When Empress Marozia took one more step towards Karium, the latter took a step back and shook his head.
He spent many years missing her but... he couldn't accept this.
11 years and he believed that she didn't need him in her life anymore.
She's the Empress of Aslirith now and the mother of Tristan Castelof. She couldn't be his mother anymore. He told himself that.
"Karium -"
"Please leave, Your Majesty. I have nothing to say to you."
The way he addressed her stabbed her heart once more!
Did he even know how much she longed for him?
Did he know how much she wished to hear him calling her 'Mother' again?
He had no idea.
Empress Marozia felt like she couldn't take another heartbreak, for now. As such, she slowly turned her back at him and walked out of the chamber with reluctance.
