Eldon watched as the blood drained from his father's face. At first he thought Lyden would be happy with that news, but then something else occurred to him. Sonia was the first one to speak, her circuitry coming to the same conclusion as Eldon, but faster.
"Was she as old as she claimed to be?" Sonia asked as she squeezed Shelly's pale hand.
"Yes." The single word looked like it was pulled from Angela's throat by tremendous force.
"Then you were unfaithful to the ambassador," Sonia continued with her cold logic.
Angela fell into the molten lava fountain and wept, but didn't speak. Being the Pillar of Fire, the lava didn't hurt her. If anything, it would give her strength.
It was long moments before Lyden asked in a voice that sounded raw with emotion, "When?"
