HE WENT STILL AND I felt his chest stiffen, another sigh shuddering through. 'Yes, Cat. I saw them again.'

It struck me then, how little I knew of Gredel's past. How little I knew of all the men's pasts and the things that must have occurred to make them like they were. Part of me didn't want to ask, didn't want to know just how awful it had been. I'd seen and felt Jenviet's influence first hand; did I need to know more?

The question whispered out on its own ...