Dilan was pretty sure that more than half an hour passed before Marie stopped crying.
She had no tears left but there were still accumulated emotions in Marie that she had to release before she could calm down.
"Can you tell me what happened to you?" Dilan asked after a while. He knew that he had to give her some time to recover and not abruptly throw an inconsiderate question at her. And that it might tear open a recently healed wound in her heart and soul, but it was important for Dilan to know the answer.
However, Marie didn't say anything. Her mouth was sealed and the only thing Dilan could feel was her shaking arms that were trying to embrace him even tighter than before.
Her fingers were digging into his clothes, nearly ripping them apart.
Marie was not even an Ascender but the force she used right now was tremendous and was enough to make Dilan understand that the situation was worse than expected.