A Day Closer
[THE MIDLANDS]
"What?" Nymeriah asked when she noticed them staring at her. This was the first time they had heard her be so cold. It was agonizing, but the trio hoped she would do what was best for her son. She had to keep him safe in every way and Nymeriah was up to that talk.
While she couldn't tell her son the truth about them, she could stay and be supportive.
"That sounded personal," Usman commented and Nymeriah glared at him. She was aware that he was worried about what he perceived of her, as long as Alanor was safe, but still, her tone had even scared her.
Maybe Nymeriah was just being a mother to the son who would always look at her like the mistress of chaos that had popped in her life.