"Velentham?" Gilean asked, his face alarmed. "No. Sanria. We haven't heard anything from my cousin for so long now... let's not disrupt that."
"Then I'll seek him out," Sanria answered.
"Oh, Sanria, no. Look, ok, I can see. I just don't know how to get him to go along with it."
"Let him know I'll see him if he will agree to listen."
Sanria knew what it could mean, she knew that if Velentham were given the opportunity, he could wipe out her memories of this world and keep her with him. Still, she knew that with Thasmudyan powerless, no matter how frustrated it made her, he couldn't stand up to Maya. At least if she could convince Velentham to help Maya get home, she could bring Lyvinnia to a safe place to be raised with her sister and father - whether she was there or not.
With Gilean's promise secured and the future secured from unexpected births, Sanria set off to Ror's home. When she found him absent, she went up into the room that had been Nioma's and to keep busy, she dismantled the crib. It did not take long for Ror to appear.
She did not share with him any of the reasons for her leaving him - the reasons that were Orn, Colin, Thasmudyan, Velentham, and the danger that would be soon facing her. She merely admitted she was weak in matters of love and watched as he retracted his affections. She knew she had hurt him, but their parting had to be done, more than anything, for his own benefit. Better that he hurt over a short relationship than get entrenched in something deeper and be ruined for women that might come along later.
Sanria left the tree and appeared in the Keeper's castle. She quickly went to her office after leaving Nioma once again within Enmach's capable arms. She would tell Orn she had left Ror. She would tell him she was now alone. She would tell him about Velentham. And she would try to simply bury herself in the things she had been neglecting until the time came for her to uphold her end of the bargain to free Lyvinnia. It may cost her everything, but she would ensure that, no matter what, she would do something right.
