<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ccff">Lucian got up from his chair and put his arms around her shoulders in support, holding her close for a second. <span class="fixed-color" style="color:#4da6ff">“I know this will suck, and I am sorry for that. If your previous masters had been worth their salt they would have instilled this lesson in you years ago. It is not your fault that it is this way, but theirs’.”</span> Giving her a kiss on the cheek he had her stand.<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#4da6ff"> “Come now, let us go meet with your brother. It is time for dinner, and time for a talk about some of what I said to you on that first day." </span> </span>