"Nimue, wait!" Maric called after his wife to little avail.<br/>She would not stop for him. Nimue barely even stopped when Varatt tried to talk to her.<br/>"Master, I beg of you to tell me what she said to you." The paladin pleaded. "I must know what is wrong. I need to make things right with Nimue, or my heart will be forever saddened."<br/>"You are such a buffoon." Varatt said scorningly. "How can you not realize how you hurt her? Nimue thinks you are ashamed of having her as your wife because you called her your 'bride to be'. Honestly boy, how daft can you be?"<br/>Maric looked down at his feet shamefully. Had he really said that? He had not even realized it. How could he of done something like that to Nimue?<br/>"Very much so." He concluded before walking off in search of his wife.<br/>At least he hoped she was still his wife.<br/>When he had finally found her, Maric did not know what to do. She had not seen him yet, as her back was turned. If he called out, she'd probably just run off again. And how could he justify what he had done?<br/>After standing there for what seemed an eternity, Maric finally walked up to Nimue and took a hold of her hand. Before he could speak though, Nimue tried to push him away, but his grip held on firm, but as gentle as ever.<br/>"Nimue, please, I need to talk to you." He said with a heavy sadness in his heart.<br/>It was only once she ceased her struggling that he continued.<br/>"Nimue, I am so sorry for the pain I have caused you." He began, taking her other hand in his. "It was never my intention to give you harm. I know what I have done to wrong you, and I will do anything to make up for it. I... I just was nervous about seeing my family again, and I know that my parents had always wanted to see their little boy get married, so I guess I was just worried that I'd upset them. But I am not that same little boy now, and I should have known that. They are my family, and I love them very much still, but you will always be more important to me.<br/>"When I found out that you had gotten in trouble, I was besides myself." Maric continued, tears forming in his eyes. "My heart would not stop hurting from the worry. And what if our argument was the last time we'd ever spend together. I'd have hated myself for that.<br/>"You have told me before that you did not deserve me. That is not true at all, for it is I who do not deserve you. There has been nothing in my life that I have done to earn the love of a woman as perfect as you. That is why I treasure you above all else. Even if you do not forgive me, and hate me more than anything else, my heart will still belong to you. And I will stay with you all of our days to keep you safe no matter what, because if something happened to you..."<br/>Maric could not go on. The tears were flowing freely now, and he clutched Nimue's hands close to his heart.<br/>"Please forgive me Nimue." He begged.