At the gesture, she stiffened. But at the words, she broke. Her body shook suddenly, hot tears slipping down her cheeks. She curled up into Gabriel, face buried into him while keeping herself secure in his arms, but still unable to look at him.
"Angsar's name, Gabriel, however can you love me?"
For she too, did love him, in her own way that a woman such as she could. But she couldn't shake the nightmares just yet, and clung to her husband, clung to whatever he stood for that could offer her any semblance of hope.