"In the right hands, yes. But in the hands of someone like Prince Callen, it would be a dangerous weapon."

She shudders, realizing the truth of it. Lost in her own thoughts, she tries to figure out how to help Coral—Margaret is not a healer, though she doesn't think a healer could do much for a woman in this regard. Recalling her own mother being beaten by her father she doesn't have a very positive outlook on her ability to help a battered woman; every time her father was around, her mother would be frightened, she would get tense and take extra care to stay out of his grip.

She...