Nerida's gaze shifted to Aeron's face.
Recalling how he had nearly died opening the Transfer Passage, she still felt a lingering fear. Thank goodness The Exalted One had arrived in time. Otherwise, she couldn't bear to imagine what would have happened.
At this thought, she sighed softly and said in a low voice, "If I had known that leaving this place would nearly cost him his life, I would never have let him do it. I am truly sorry." She was speaking to Aeron's parents.
The Empress looked at her son, her expression full of sorrow. She began, "You... You foolish child, were you trying to scare us to death? If something had happened to you, how would your father and I go on? Have you forgotten everything we taught you? You are the Young Master of Silvanis."
'How did I end up with a son whose head is filled with nothing but romance?' Still, no matter what, he was her child.
