***Orion’s POV***
“Did you ever know happiness?” I pressed, knowing soon she would stop being so open.
“I knew many times of happiness, even when most wouldn't understand why I would consider those times happy. Most of them came with Istoviir and my children, but Marchus was a caring and fatherly Master. I am very lucky.”
Her last statement stunned me even further. After everything, after all of the pain, she still considered herself lucky. I, who had never known true hardship, had never been mistreated in my life, and who had complained about how unfair life had always treated me. This woman made me question myself in a most disturbing way. She had been unexpectedly candid with me, and had, as far as I could ascertain, answered every question I'd asked truthfully. I didn't understand
