Afraid, she could have argued that she had nothing to be afraid of.  As she rolled the word over in her mind though she realized that that was the exact word to describe how she felt.  "Yeah, I guess I kind of am."  Vadya palmed the pendant and took a breath following Marcos' gaze out across the sea.  "You can only lose so many 'families' before you start thinking you just aren't meant to have one."  She placed the necklace around her neck then and looked at him.  "I hope you can change my mind Marcos."