"Your Highness, I appreciate you accompanying me home," Venus began the conversation. "I hope I haven't caused you trouble," she added softly, briefly lowering her gaze.
"I did it because my sister-in-law, Alora, would be upset. I can't bear to see her distressed," Izaak explained to her.
Venus lifted her head to meet his gaze. "Alora has impressed everyone in the palace, won everyone's heart there," she said, "while I couldn't do well in my marriage."
"It was you, who on your wedding day refused to listen to Alora's advice," Izaak remarked, his tone tinged with a hint of taunt. "You believed that if your older sister married a supernatural being, you should do the same. You are the reason for your own downfall."
"I regret that decision, Your Highness," Venus admitted softly, her voice filled with remorse.
