The punished

Lucrezia sat upon the castle's highest tower and watched the interaction between the destroyer and Roxana. Right now, she really needed one of them to stay calm. She hoped Roxana's mate qualities would emerge and set the destroyer straight or even better, that the destroyer would have learned something from spending time inside Skender's mind. Of course, without Skender, he could never be completely rational but she hoped just enough until Skender woke up. 

If he ever did.

It was only a matter of time before the destroyer exposed himself without Skender's control and got them both killed. 

"Where is Skender?" Luciana asked who came to watch as well. 

"Drowning somewhere." 

"In self-pity?" 

"Pain."