Charlia wrote:Free Empire of the Low Isles wrote:
Coilin's frown deepened even more. "What do you mean? You have no control over that kind of thing... You were a child. And no one, even you, should be dismissive of the past."
Isn't that what I'm doing, though?
I swore never to... love, if that's the word, again...
Not after what she did...
"I wasn't that young... I was fifteen. Old enough to know what was happening."
She clenched her fists in anger. "Old enough to stop it!"
Coilin put a hand carefully on one of her fists. "Raven.... You were fifteen... Against three other people, who alerted stronger than you..."
He shook his head. "You couldn't have stopped it... Now maybe, but then?"





