ELRETH
She blinked at him and had to stifle the urge to stamp her foot. Which only proved his point. Which only made her angrier. She considered and discarded several responses to that, which only made it worse when he nodded slowly and said, "Well done. Now, tell me what happened."
She pursed her lips and looked away, but in the end, she decided, he probably was the best person to explain. Elreth hated feeling confused. Hated not knowing.
Was finally understanding this worth the embarrassment, though?
Well, it wasn't like her father had never embarrassed himself. Maybe one day they'd laugh about this.
She cleared her throat. "When I confronted him about not taking the Cohort role he admitted that the reason he didn't want it was because it would stop us from taking each other as Mates," she mumbled.
"I figured as much."
