"Then I shall be in trouble. You do not deserve this torment." Josephine replied stubbornly, her face stained with tear marks. Stepping towards Raoul, she could barely reach the hook. 'I won't be strong enough to help him get off the hook.' She stepped back sorrowfully, head hung. 'And this cycle of torture continues, all because of me. If I had never been born, wasn't the true heir to the throne, none of this would have ever happened. Raoul would be safe; and he is hurt and beaten and I cannot do anything to help.'