"Colin and Kaliadra slept together." Sanria blurted the words out before she could be bothered to form them in any other way. She couldn't hide the pain and she could barely look at Gilean. She hated the fact that after all her attempts at controlling the situation, all her retaliatory slaps to the face, she still couldn't manage to keep herself from looking the fool.
"Well... that seems odd."
"She did it to hurt me, to force me to stay-" And Sanria cut herself off. She waited for Gilean to understand, but it seemed he was perfectly willing to ignore what the implication meant.
"Well of course you would be hurt, you still have feelings for Colin." Sanria was stunned into a silence from which she could only nod. This was not at all the reaction she anticipated. "I'm so sorry they did this to you," he continued. "That wasn't fair of either of them."
There was no way this could be what he thought... did he not understand that she had been on the verge of going back? She let out a long sigh and shook her head. "Well... they deserve each other."
"I had been planning in secret, but I think now would be a good time to let you in on my plans - I want to take you and the kids on an adventure. Me, you, Matinus, and Nioma. We'll get away from all of this."
Panic shot up into Sanria's thoughts, but they were soon quelled by the gold-flecked eyes that smiled into hers. No matter what, Gilean was her husband, and now she truly had to take the time to settle into that fact. Colin made his choice to push her away, she'd never see him again if she could at all help it. Gilean sat there, waiting with a soft smile for her reply. She nodded slowly and he leaned his forehead to hers. "Good. Let's leave tomorrow," he whispered.
"Tomorrow..."
"Why not?"
Why not... there was nothing else for her to do. She knew the clan was always in capable hands and Colin was no longer hers to consider. She reached up and took his wrist in her hand and managed to smile. "Alright. Let's go."
