"Mom, you, Quartz, that kid named Zold, everyone still in the guild, even Emily's hunter friend I do not know yet."
Olivia looked straight at him.
"Tell me, do you have the right to forbid me and everyone else from protecting the people we hold dear? Tell me, Alex?"
Alex went silent. He knew he did not have that right.
He finally understood what she meant.
"Why did you not tell me? Your mom?
Quartz?" she asked.
"Why did you not tell anyone so we could help?
More than anyone, you know how painful it is when your loved one is in danger and you cannot do anything.
How much pain do the people left behind feel?
How much regret do we feel because we could not do anything up to their last moment?"
At the end of her words, Olivia's voice cracked.
She took a breath and continued.
"Did you even think of me as your family, Alex? Did you recognize me as that?
Your dad always said good things should be shared with family.
