"I wanted to leave here. I wanted to go far away from him. So he wouldn't see me at all... so I told him to take me away if we got married." She explained as she stared at Eden. They all had their eyes on her as she spoke.
"I'm sorry for being selfish. I was only thinking about my safety, even though it meant taking away someone you like... I'm sorry."
There was silence. Then Eden shook his head. "It's okay. You didn't do anything. You were just trying to survive," he assured her.
Lysander sighed. "But that's... nasty. I can't believe he could do such nasty things to his wife and his daughter. I never thought the Emperor would be this devious."
"I guess people can be different from what we thought. They could be worse," Leo sighed.
All they could do was sigh and shake their heads at Cordelia's story while sympathizing with her. Helen calmed her.
"So," Cordelia continued, "that's why I ran away from there. But I'm worried about my mum. I don't know what he'll do to my mum..."
