Chapter 149 – Jealousy
"My husband is tired."
Mercury's words settled gently around the enclosed room, bringing the First Sect Meeting of the Fallen Angel to its close. Without any concern for the gazes of the two women across from her, she drew her husband into her embrace and began — hopefully — to soothe him by moving her fingers through his hair.
At that point, it was clear there was nothing more to say. The two others could return, or at the very least give the couple a moment to themselves before they rejoined them.
Moon and Sun, however, did neither.
Moon — Sarah of Secrecy — watched Mercury and Earth from behind her mask with eyes full of a longing she kept carefully hidden.
After everything that had just happened — receiving a title recognised by Mother System herself, and learning the conditions for her Aspect to evolve to an entirely new level — Moon found her heart aching for someone to share the overwhelming happiness with.
