"I do not really care how the residents of Cardiff would react," she replied brusquely. "If it would free me, I would shut down this country. I do not like being trapped."

She'd been trapped one too many times in her long life to harbour any positive feelings toward it, that was certain.

He chuckled about curses and trouble and she didn't reply immediately, weighing his final question. He at least deserved an honest answer.

"I do not like what you have become," she said finally. "I do not like that you have taken away one who belonged to me."