The tall double doors of the Silver Comet Hall closed with a quiet thud, sealing the matriarch inside.
Now alone, Yu Meilin sat in silence. The spirit lanterns on the walls cast long shadows across the floor. Outside, the faint sound of wind passed through the gardens.
Her eyes slowly lowered, heavy with responsibilities as a matriarch and a mother.
Her thoughts drifted towards the time Yu Ming had spent outside in the mortal world, as they liked to call it to make themselves feel superior to the cultivators living outside.
At first she thought it was merely an outing, a child throwing tantrums, and she even allowed it to keep her daughter away from the eyes of the people in EverDawn City, and to be honest, she felt the most relieved during this time, but the worries of her safety always gnawed at her.
So she asked her personal maid to bring Yu Ming back to the severed realm.
