Cardan raised his eyebrows. “Ah, you didn’t make the choice to leave him, did you?” “It’s more complicated than that,” she told him. “And it affects you as well.” “Does it?” he inquired. “You must listen! Locke’s taken one of the mortal girls as his lover,” Nicasia said, obviously attempting to keep her voice from shaking. Cardan was silent, his thoughts thrown into confusion. One of the mortal girls.