He watched his fingers. "He wouldn't let me." They both knew who the 'he' was in this conversation. "I wanted to. I'd gotten everything ready and I was going to get you back. He said he would kill me. You belonged to another he said."
He scoffed and ran his fingers through his hair. "Like that makes any sense now. I still tried. He trapped me with Charybdis and then made me do my duties until I knew I had no choice but to accept." He looked at her then, "and I'm sorry I never tried hard enough."