There's that expression on him again. That silence. That demeanor. It was just like being back in Amanda's apartment, glancing back ever so often at him from the side and seeing him almost… not guilty… not remorseful… but just in a way that I haven't seen him before.
"Uliitia," Dad turned back to Ruria, and for a moment, I saw something click behind his gaze. "So it was you. You were the Homiren of this village, weren't you?"
Ruria didn't react much, but I certainly did.
"Homiren?" I asked, drawing a complete blank.
"So what if I was?" Ruria finally broke her silence—harshly. "Does that have anything to do with what you came here for?"
"You are Ruria Salnor."
The red in her eyes glinted dangerously.
"Don't say my name."
"The demon child taken and fostered by the recusant Magus, Castus Salnor."
"Don't say his name!"
"I heard about you. Your father too. He was—"
