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Some people will never be content because they’ve determined not to be.
people change for two reasons. Either they have learned much, or they’ve been hurt much.
“You broke my heart when you persecuted me, Father. When you believed the lies told to you by others, especially her, when you allowed yourself to be deceived by your own self-righteousness and wisdom. She was subtle, wasn’t she?” Sera shook her head, remembering the time she’d spent as Lady Corinne’s ward. “She twisted you. But you let her. You . . . gave in to your darker impulses. In your mind, I’m sure you did the best you could. I don’t know what kind of life you led before I was born. I wasn’t there to see it.
done. It was similar to the displeasure she felt that her own society had altered in such a way, with the powerful preying on the weak. The cholera morbus had been but a warning to change. A punishment sent. A reminder given. Now another punishment was coming. A plague of war.
