<span style="color: #404040">"i tried that but Miriam and spite had a miscommunication. Spite didn't want to mate with me, Miriam encouraged her to and Spite took that as a command and in Spite's mind that means i raped her. i had no idea any of this had happened but nothing i tried made it better, not even when Miriam and Spite talked it out... finally i just gave up and began speaking to her just as hatefully as she speaks to me when Chiren isn't around. when Chiren is there i try not to speak to Spite at all so Chiren doesn't have to see it. i am not debating whether or not they have a say, i have given them the option to go and take the children if they must. my problem is that Vyre has seen the way he abuses me with her own eyes and still questions my motives for wanting him gone. the children are too young to understand dehumanizing treatment but i see it for what it is. sending Belith home trussed up liked a roasted pig with the apple stuck in her mouth is a clear message about how he sees our daughter. he even threatened to take my children from me as pets for his children though he will claim the curse caused that particular outrage. nothing so monstrous crossed my mind regarding his children."</span>she shook her head and frowned.<span style="color: #404040">"that may be true for the others but precious few mortals can see past the color of our scales... i do not trust the Kirin Tor as far as i could throw their city. all i care about is that she grow up happy, healthy and not turn into a criminal." </span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>