For the first time in her life that she could remember, color flooded her cheeks. "I know nothing of most of my childhood. I... was found and cared for by a stranger..." She closed her eyes against the memory of his lessons. "He treated me as a daughter, and I am sure if he lived, I would never have ended up here... working on my back to survive." She scoffed at herself.

And then they asked her if she wanted that and she gave pause to think about it. She wasn't even sure she wanted to do that for a time but something about being pregnant caused her to want more than she should. And she wanted Darius, but she didn't know if she could have him because of her unwanted marriage to Magnus. "Oui," she eventually said.