You never really knew a person until they were painted into a corner. There were married couples who had experienced decades with one another that didn't truly know their "other half," and this wasn't even that.
While she understood that this was Cassarae's city, they couldn't have gotten to this point without the efforts of both of them. In addition, if anything were to happen to the city, it wouldn't just be Cassarae who was put in danger, or just the villagers she still didn't know were real or not, but Olivia as well who would potentially be thrown into the mess.
It was hard to feel like Cassarae wasn't gambling with all of their lives based on the memory of a person she once knew, and a person she clearly had a blind spot for as well.
Sylas had just unveiled something that could barely be considered a smile, and all of Cassarae's promised sternness had gone out the window.
Olivia exhaled a breath.
