After arriving back in South Drywall, Northern, his parents, and Ryan settled in the citadel for a couple of days.
Those days were strenuous and hectic for Northern, mainly because he had to deal with seeing his mother, father, and sister every day.
As simple as it sounded, it was something very complicated for someone like him.
With how increasingly void he kept feeling, it was difficult for him to pretend to show certain emotions.
And his mother saw through his attempts like glass.
There was a doleful look on her face anytime their paths crossed, and he had intentionally made sure those times were as few as possible.
He had looked forward to meeting his mother. Meeting his parents had been one major drive that pushed him to fight his way back from the Dark Continent.
But now that he was seeing her, things were not the same anymore.