Queen Tehila painfully watched Emperor Valentin's solitary back. She saw how disheartened the Emperor was in the past few days.
She couldn't think of anything to cheer him up other than to stay and watch over him.
Watching him accept the painful truth about the inevitable conflict among his beloved sons was a heartbreaking experience for her too.
Memories flooded her mind as she watched her beloved succumb again to a similar state he was in during his first years as an Emperor.
Queen Tehila knew more than anyone how devastating it was for Emperor Valentin to realize what abominable thing he did on his very own wedding night.
That thing was something that he didn't even have the will nor courage to do to others as the Crown Prince of the Empire back then.
It took him years to even have the courage to show himself in front of her, whom he thought he betrayed.
