If Magnus had not been so focused on being a steadying force for Eularia, he might have recoiled from the comment's slap. Francesco needed reasons to be home? As if Eularia and his children weren't enough. How dare he.
It was sadistically cruel.
Something tickled the back of his mind. This wasn't right. Francesco Campana was a sonofabitch with an uncontrollable temper and the inability to set aside his own best interest in order to do what was needed of him. But the coldness required for such sustained cruelty to someone who you were purported to love...
The pieces didn't fit.
Magnus noted the incongruity, then set the puzzle aside to deal with later. Right now there was something much, much more important to deal with. Eularia needed him.
He wrapped his arms around her, enveloping her in a protective embrace. The glamour he had readied descended around them, shielding them from the eyes of anyone who happen to be curious. With that protection, the pair made their way away from the festivities, the crowd parting in front of them without recognizing their passing.
Later, when the need to whisk her away from the pain and the public eye wasn't dire, Magnus would decide how to best repay Francesco for his malevolence. Later.
It was sadistically cruel.
Something tickled the back of his mind. This wasn't right. Francesco Campana was a sonofabitch with an uncontrollable temper and the inability to set aside his own best interest in order to do what was needed of him. But the coldness required for such sustained cruelty to someone who you were purported to love...
The pieces didn't fit.
Magnus noted the incongruity, then set the puzzle aside to deal with later. Right now there was something much, much more important to deal with. Eularia needed him.
He wrapped his arms around her, enveloping her in a protective embrace. The glamour he had readied descended around them, shielding them from the eyes of anyone who happen to be curious. With that protection, the pair made their way away from the festivities, the crowd parting in front of them without recognizing their passing.
Later, when the need to whisk her away from the pain and the public eye wasn't dire, Magnus would decide how to best repay Francesco for his malevolence. Later.
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