Talori watched Brennan go after they broke apart feeling rather forlorn. Taron noticed.
"Are you alright, Princess?"
"I'm fine," she sighed. "I'm just going to miss him."
"That was who you stayed with when you were on the surface, correct?"
"Yes."
Taron went quiet after that. The ride back was incredibly quiet. Her brother's mermen had never said more to her than they absolutely had to. It used to bother her but now it was driving her crazy because she had grown accustomed to constantly being in a conversation with someone or other on the surface.
'Talk to me!' she wanted to scream.
But she didn't. It wasn't her place to order them around. If they didn't want to talk to her, they didn't have to.
Talori suddenly felt extremely lonely. She went off in search of Aila as soon as she returned so she would have someone to talk to and found her in the library practicing her English.
