“I love you not only for what you are but for what I am when I am with you. I love you not only for what you have made of yourself but for what you are making of me. I love you for the part of me that you bring out.” – Elizabeth Barrett Browning Lycian POV: So, one of our kids is mated to a child whose father beats his mother. And everyone seems to not care well I do. I am glad Athena had Alpaca taken back to his mother. I am going to ask the question everyone wants to but is too polite to ask. I need to know what kind of people I am letting in my family. “Care to share what made you so angry that you beat the sit out of your…. what is she to you anyway?”, I asked. “She is my chosen mate and wife?”, he snapped at me. I guess he does not like being questioned. “