Marcus spoke as if the absence of their mother never bothered him one bit. Iris assumed that he might not care because he never knew the woman in the first place. How could one care about someone who had never been around to acknowledge their presence? However, Iris was certain that Marcus held high regards for his deceased father, seeing that he couldn't stop himself from smiling whenever he thought or spoke of his father.
As they continued their walk, Iris and her friends noticed that they were moving further away from the crowded place and dwellings of the residents in Burheim Plain. Iris glanced at her bodyguard, but Ricci continued to walk next to her with a blank face. Perhaps, the High Fae also knew where they were going, so she allowed the Ashwood siblings to take the lead.
