I now had fresh subjects to think about, of course, but it is always easier to...

I now had fresh subjects to think about, of course, but it is always easier to contemplate how lucky one is than about past betrayal and murder--and I knew my mother would want my happiness above anything.
Who can ever know what turns the spark into flame? Vidanric's initial interest in me might well have been kindled by the fact that he saw my actions as courageous, but the subsequent discovery of passion, and the companionship of mind that would sustain it, seemed as full of mystery as it was of felicity. As for me, I really believe the spark had been there all along, but I had been too ignorant--and too afraid--to recognize it.