"Alright Zaraki, let's go," she said to Zaraki as she came out of her mother's room, wiping off the residual tears from her eyes.
She had steeled her mind to move on, not because she wanted to but because she knew she had to. Knowing that as Queen, this would be just one of several tough calls she would have to make as ruler.
Letting go of her mother was not easy. Despite their differences, she still loved her, no matter what.
Her mother remained in the room as she watched her daughter hesitantly turn away to leave the room. She waited for the moment her daughter left the room so she could stop holding back the tears welling in her eyes, as she did not want her daughter to see her like this.
Once Maria left, tears poured uncontrollably from both her eyes, and she did not attempt to wipe them off, wanting to take the little time she had to express her emotions.
