Sonata Arctica - Sing In Silence

Copyright: Tom Munro

[...] She might be ambitious, calculating, relentless, and merciless - but Lady Aquitaine meant what she said. She fully intended to do everything in her power to help Bernhard, to protect Tavi.

Isana shuddered and could not stop a low sob of relief from surging through her. The past days had been a nightmare of blood and fear and helpless frustration, a struggle to reach the man with the power to protect her family. She had reached Lady Aquitaine instead.

But, Isana realised, if Invidia could do as she claimed, if she could make certain that Bernard and Tavi were safe, then Isana would have no choice but to return that loyalty in good faith. She would become a part of something meant to tear down the First Lord, and willingly, if that was the price for protecting her own. She had committed herself.

Jim Butcher - Academ's Fury