"When the first time you left me, I was in so much pain. I almost felt as if my heart would stop beating," declared Astrid.
Davies felt sympathetic to her cause because he was going through the same pain. Around that time also, it didn't feel right to leave her. However, the position of being the alpha's son always stressed him to be present in Lowland.
"I feel so sorry towards you. Now that I review my actions, I feel like I've always done injustice to you," confessed the hurt emperor. "We could've been better of if I hadn't gone back to Lowland."
Astrid further expressed her hurt that had resulted from his departure, "If I have to be honest, I was pretty devastated. It seemed as if I had lost something very precious to me. I spent my days sobbing and caring over you, falling behind
