Secrets don't sit well with Kalasin, especially when they involve her. When she finds out that Adigun has been passing laws against the K'miri while she was asleep, she immediately confronts her husband. Upon looking back on it, she realizes that she probably shouldn't have walked into his office while he was meeting with important officials. Yelling at her husband in front of them probably wasn't the most diplomatic strategy.
Kalasin remembers distinctly how upset Adigun had been with her and how he had looked as if he wanted nothing more than to throw her in the fireplace then and there. Instead he had her forcibly removed from the office, which, as far as Kalasin is concerned, was worse than throwing her into the fireplace. The young K'miri woman doesn't like to be manhandled any more than her husband likes to be lectured.
Reflecting upon their rift causes Kalasin to wonder if their already fragile relationship has been permanently damaged. After all, she knows Adigun is not a man who forgives easily. Kalasin knows that Adigun is displeased when she gives birth to a daughter within that year. It becomes evident to Kalasin that with Thayet's arrival, they have taken a new turn in their relationship, and whether or not she likes it, there is no returning to what they were.