Lunaria had effectively been kept at a distance by Erich over the coming months. He had wanted to break her spirits by refusing to see her other than for matters of diplomacy. But the woman was resolute, and stubborn in ways which Erich was only now beginning to understand.
If he was not going to speak to her about personal affairs, then she could play the same game. She did not even bother trying to fix the supposed misunderstanding between them. After all, from her perspective, the man genuinely thought that she had betrayed him. An act that was not to be taken lightly.
But even with this, the ancient Elven Empress utterly refused to back down and admit fault. Leading Erich to begin to understand why the grudge existed between herself and her younger sister for a length of time that was quite frankly absurd to even think about.
