Recap: He had always thought her to be gentle, sensual, and vain almost like all the girls he hooked up with or who tried to hook up with him. Not in a million years would he have thought she wasn't of noble birth or that she was capable of being an accomplice to mass murder.
He almost couldn't look at her. As if she was reading his thoughts; his mother said to him, "Ilium, look at me". He had no choice but to look at her then yet he found himself looking away which made his mother gasp and lean on his father who had gone back to standing beside her so she could have support.
"He won't look at me", Freyja said to her mate. "Let's give him time", Brian replied but Ilium wasn't sure time was what he needed, it might be a great part of what he needed as any other person would need after finding out his parents might be murderers but he put on a brave face and said while looking between his parents, "so, we have families".
