In the centuries of getting married to him, this was the first time she saw such an expression on his face.
He was not like this when the previous incarnation of his lover died.
He was not like this when he thought that Adeline Daven left him.
This was the first time she saw the side of him that everyone in the heavens dreaded the most.
His wrath could cause destruction.
And she was worried for her son.
She was worried he would be destroyed.
'The life that grew inside me for months won't die just like that. He can't die like that.'
'I don't want to stay here,' Cardan snapped at his father, ignoring his anger, 'I don't want to see my mother there. I don't want to see you grieving over another woman. I have spent my entire childhood in this closed place, looking at this and being suffocated by all of it. I detest it,' there was an edge of childishness to the man's voice.