"... Yeah." Liadan said. "Why wouldn't I?"

"I don't know. I'm just asking. You need to have this talk with Aron."

"I can't like pick him flowers and make everything better?" Liadan asked.

"It doesn't work that way. There needs to be a change in actions. Though I'm sure Aron wouldn't turn the flowers away."

"We usually just take the honeymoon suite..." Liadan said, sadly thinking about how the entire in was gone now.

"This is the time now for rebuilding everything," Aislyn said.

"I told him we could rebuild after the momzers were gone, but he didn't think it would be worth it." Liadan fidgeted with the broken stone.

"I doubt there will be many travellers until we've rebuilt and everyone knows the danger is past."

"The village is my home." Liadan said. "I want those momzers dead and my home back."

"We all do. I suppose since we have a lord now, a lot will depend on how Wulfsen wishes to rebuild the village as well," Aislyn pointed out gently. "It has been a long time since we had a protector."

"I'm going back whether this lord plans it or not." Liadan said. "I've never had anyone tell me where to live before."

"I doubt he is going to tell anyone where to live. Just the layout, the types of building and whatnot."

"My family will live where the inn is... And where the Black Raven was can be the refuse pile." Liadan decided.

Aislyn shook her head. "It sounds like a plan. Hopefully Wulfsen will hold a meeting to plan the rebuilding with all."

"It'll work if my marriage doesn't fall apart." Liadan said.

"Concentrate on that first."

"Easier to rebuild the inn." Liadan said.

"I'm pretty certain there will be a lot of work to be done clearing the area before rebuilding can begin."

"I know. Still easier." Liadan said.

"I don't remember anyone ever saying marriage was easy."

"I just wanted Yehudit to not be labeled a bastard..." Liadan sighed. "Well not really... I loved Aron and I still love him."

Aislyn jerked her head up. "And how many times have you said or made Aron feel like you married him so Yehudit wouldn't be a bastard?"

"Never!" Liadan said. "It was Aron's idea to marry me right away and pretend we had been married longer so Yehudit could have a father, though I think it was your father's idea first... A marriage in name only was how it started, though we did love each other, I wasn't ready..." Liadan wiped her eyes.

"I know it was Papa and Aron's idea. I never said it was your idea." Aislyn paced. "But I have heard you repeatedly refer to Yehudit as my daughter, not our daughter. How do you suppose that makes Aron feel when he loves her like she was his own?"

"I refer to all my children as my daughters or my sons." Liadan frowned. "Don't you call Millie your daughter too?"