He couldn't do it! She is different from others.... Like Mother?

/I cannot believe you just told her./

/And I cannot believe you just set me up with your own mother./

Selene and Aether were locked in a telepathic exchange while kneeling before Xara, who wore an elegant robe, her authoritative presence making both of them shrink under her piercing gaze.

"How could you be so reckless, Aether? Playing around as if your life isn't constantly on the line!" Xara's voice was sharp and scolding. Then her attention shifted, her tone growing sterner,

"And you, Selene! I never imagined you'd stoop to doing... everything... before even being married. Do you even realize how close your father's room was? What if he had caught you? Do you know the chaos that would ensue if he found out what you and Aether were up to?"