“My father?” Xeon asked.
“You should go back to the underworld, my prince, and you’ll know. It was chaos there. Bring your mate. You need her.”
Dimitri silently toyed with the medallion that hung about his neck, debating just how much he was willing to share. “And it was in part because of your comfort in moving among humans, as well as your skills as a warrior,” he said, at last.
“I'll handle the chaos later, but the other part of the reason?”
“I knew that you were the one person who would be able to sympathise with what Mathena had endured.” Xeon flinched. “Because I’ve been tortured in the underworld?”
“Yes,” Dimitri admitted without apology. “You can better understand the damage that was done during her years of captivity, and offer patience while she struggled to come to terms wi
