"Thanks for the vote of confidence, Dad," Master spoke, "but I get the feeling that every time I'm around, it's all she can do not to kill me."
"Love? Hate? They're both the same emotion, but different ends of the spectrum," Shemhazau shrugged. "Often times, one will lead to the other."
Sheila thought of Mandy. Emmett's and Alloria's daughter was evidence that the woman could tolerate men. And hadn't Sheila once despised and scorned Lyden until that fateful day that he took her, and owned her soul? She didn't think for a moment that Alloria loved her master, but perhaps she respected him somewhere deep down.
"What happened to Gloria?" Master wanted to know.
"Gaia managed to subdue her," Sheila answered. "I don't know what she was thinking, trying to take on one of the Pillars. Master, she was scary with how strong she was. Gaia, I mean. Promise me you'll never have to fight her?"
