Chapter 2193

As time passed, Thalia gave up on trying to win Louise's affection or protection through crying and begging. In her eyes, she was no longer her mother but the untouchable Ruler of Foxes. … As Thalia spoke, Louise seemed to fall into her own memories. Her eyes lowered slightly, and after a long silence, she finally confessed, "I left because something happened in the clan." She had thought it would be resolved quickly, but when she returned to the clan, she found that things weren't as simple as she had imagined. It was never her intention to abandon her family, nor did she ever consider that, for a fox's life that spanned thousands of years, five short years would feel like an eternity to a human. Thalia watched her intently, wanting to understand what kind of event could have kept her mother away for five years, and why, during that time, she hadn't even sent a single word back. If she had sent a single message, Edmund would've stayed in the mountains and waited for her. It see