บท 279: A Challenge (Ch.279)

"What I knew the moment I saw him is all I need to know." High Maiden Melissa continued.

"Wife or otherwise, his life before now no longer matters. That is the way of the nymphs, the old must be left behind in favor of a new dawn."

"It was the same when Raina found Lord Farren... and it is the same now." High Maiden Melissa replied blankly.

Estelle was barely holding down her anger, she passed a look to Lord Farren, understanding what High Maiden Melissa was implying. 

"Melissa, do not speak of what you do not understand or taint Raina's name with your evil intents..."

"What Raina and I found was a love true and pure, but most importantly... mutual. I gave up my past by my own will! A choice you clearly have not allowed the young lad!" Lord Farren countered in a harsh tone.

"And who is to say I did not allow him a choice? How confident are you that he would chose you?" Lady Melissa quizzed.