Bedroom - Present Day Xanathal The more that his wife spoke, the more it became clear to Xanathal that everything was not as cut and dried as he was led to believe. The sad fact of the matter was, he truly knew nothing that he needed to know about his mate. Try as he might, every single answer he got from Phoenyx brought more questions. In truth, there was a lot more he needed to know than he would learn in just a day. "My father..." She began, bringing his attention back to her face, "I was, not my father's favorite person. You need to understand, that some of the things he did to me...well, I could have avoided them if I had chosen to." Phoenyx finished in a whisper. "If you had..." Xan shook his head, "Hear this now, no matter what decisions or choices you made, I doubt they are