"I will owe you a debt I can never repay," Lucrezia said, swallowing past a lump in her throat. "Unless you should like a favor from a Pope who m-may no longer exist."
Papa, gone. Who would sit on his throne if he had been taken? She could not bear the thought of it.
"I take full responsibility," she said, steeling herself to sound as though she knew her own mind. She was a Borgia, after all. "I know that that this is a decision I am unlikely to be able to reverse. But should the end come here or there, I choose there."
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Date: 2011-12-04 05:54 am (UTC)Papa, gone. Who would sit on his throne if he had been taken? She could not bear the thought of it.
"I take full responsibility," she said, steeling herself to sound as though she knew her own mind. She was a Borgia, after all. "I know that that this is a decision I am unlikely to be able to reverse. But should the end come here or there, I choose there."