"He raped her. She was twelve. Maybe thirteen.. He took her, and he made her do things.... He had her killed when I was twelve. He hunted....for over three hundred years he hunted...and he hurt more in the meantime. Kept hurting little girls. And she...she let me live because she thought I was finally going to give her what she wanted. Wanted my children. Daemon's...."

She stared at his thumb, the blood, shaking a little.