And for that he deserves this? To starve and freeze in this horrible place?

[ it's foolish, her anger - what will it earn her? she is weaponless, all she could do to save her skin is run, but she will not leave her brother behind, never, she would die first, so what good is it to provoke him? yet she cannot stop herself; alisaie is far too hotheaded for her own good, even at the best of times.

through the bars, she grasps at alphinaud's frigid fingers.

and then.. ]

.. he will tell no one.

[ .. ]

I shall stay in his place. With my life as leverage, he will say nothing.