"It was obligation and self interest at first on my part, and wary curiosity on Cal's, but by the time we'd moved to the townhouse the love was there and has been only growing stronger. I'd never expected it you know," She told him, "before I came here I'd been pining for a woman a few years older than myself who lived with my family. My parents treated her like a daughter, but I'd been struck with what I thought was love from the moment I saw her as a young boy."
She shook her head. "Nefret never saw me as anything but a younger brother as far as I can tell, and I wasn't going to make a fool of myself in chasing after someone who wasn't interested. I know now that what I felt for her wasn't real, not even close to what I feel for Cal."