"She did not. She had her life ahead of her. She thought she was finally settling down. She just barely had Derix. She was killed in that same attack that forced me to retreat here in the first place. She wasn't even prepared to fight back." [i]Rafael's voice shows slight anger.[/i] "Thanks to Malren. My son doesn't even have a mother now. Thanks to him. I've lost two people who I loved dearly outside of my family."