Take him to his father? If only. If she could have been happy in anyone's house it would have been Alaric's, but that hadn't been an option. And she refused to be shamed for the choices she made. She loved her son dearly for two reasons, first that he was a way she would always be close to his father.
And secondly, simply because he was her son. Alive. Vibrant. Endlessly annoying. Impossibly charming.
Lyanora was impossibly calm when she spoke, "You know nothing of my choices and you never will. You are the only one here who finds me shameful, think about that for awhile. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go spend time with the children. Genna and Ned were up to something when last I looked, and the new servants don't know how to keep up with them. Hopefully I'll arrive in time to keep them from burning down the Keep."