Chapter 97

Zeronis turned to Sebastian and Selene who readily understood what he wanted. Maria was still silently shedding tears and he sat them down on the couch. He crouched down to her eye level, with one ,knee on the floor and the other propped up.

Cradling her chin with his finger and thump, Zeronis gently brought her chin up to make her looked at her. "I'm an idiot. I shouldn't have forced you."

Maria shook her head on him and grudgingly wiping her tears away.  "It's not your fault. We should continue-"

"Let's not hurry, " He said. "We have all the time here,"

Maria just looked at him for few seconds before she leaned over herself on the back chair. She closed her eyes for a while to calm herself down.  Then the noises inside her head started to die down until she slowly regained control of her own self.