Stopping Cassius once more was the anxious Zaraphina. She flew up to him, tugging on the hem of his robe, unable to even meet the dead gaze attached to an otherworldly handsome face.
"P-Please don't leave me..." Zara murmured desperately. "I... We don't have to get m-married right now. Just please allow me to stay by your side; I can help... You needed Exisia to help you with finding someone, right? Well, I... I can help as well; my family has contacts everywhere in the Heavenly Kingdom."
Exisia involuntarily shuddered when Zara mentioned her, but contrary to how she assumed Zara would act, she treated the value placed behind her name as if she were just another random person.
Relief washed over Exisia as she flashed a grateful look at Cassius.
Without him…
