Now look what she's gone and done. Runa asked for the truth, and Anna ignorantly started giving it. She winces guiltily for a moment before she looks away.

"He didn't become a monster by accident. That's all you need to know."

Turning to Runa once more the rest comes out in a rushing sigh. "I want to love him again, but I can't get over it." She shakes her head. "That's why I said the things I said. And now I want to apologize for it, but if I do, it makes what he did okay. I don't know how to get around it. I can't figure out how to make him family again."

"If that's even possible."