the woman looked up at Vyre still afraid and shook her head.<span style="color: deepskyblue"> "i-i dont understand... where is my husband?"</span>she shrank a little at the kiss but was too well beaten to argue.<span style="color: deepskyblue"> "but-but im married..." </span>she looked back at Vyre for a moment but resumed cooking almost automatically and as she said a few minutes later served Vyre a large plate of food but there wasnt a second chair to be had and she nodded and fidgeted with her hands.<span style="color: deepskyblue">"th-thank you."</span>after a moment she went back to the stove and poured some kind of broth into a cup and started sipping at it, looking at Vyre nervously. Vyre was nearly finished eating when the priestess walked in and the woman jumped slightly.<span style="color: deepskyblue"> "who are you?" </span>the priestess who the last time Vyre had seen in a murderous rage was now all soothing as she walked to the woman.<span style="color: darkorchid"> "im afraid something aweful has happened to your James, he was killed by the murderer. but everything is going to be ok, im a priestess of the Light, im going to help you now." </span>the woman looked distraught at the thought of her husband being dead but the look didnt last as she was healed.<span style="color: deepskyblue">"wh-whats going to happen to me? im j-just a filthy mongrel woman... ill... ill end up on the streets."</span><span style="color: darkorchid"> "shhh, shhh... Vyre here is going to take good care of you."</span>the woman looked at Vyre and then the priestess.<span style="color: deepskyblue">"why? why would such a beautiful Elf care for a mongrel woman?" </span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>