"From everything you have told me today I can see that you are being very helpful in this matter," the Captain told her, "and I thank you for your cooperation, Señorita, but what was it you were going to say before you fainted?"
Alannah looked directly at Jakob, her eyes wide in terror, "How can I say anything about that Jakob? I can't . . .I just can't."
Jakob looked at Dominic and asked, "Can I have a moment alone with her please?"
"Of course, I need everyone to clear the room. Lets give them some provacy."
After the others had gone Jakob and Alannah talked at length about what happened to her her just before he was forced to leave Dalkey. The reason he was forced to leave Dalkey.
"Jakob, you found him in there with me," she said as she began sobbing uncontrolably. "I know that you were the one that stopped him but he still hurt me that day. How…"
"Alannah, our father is a sick man, both Erik and I are here for you and we will make sure that nothing ever happens to you again. This is a hard subject to talk about, I know, the fact that I stood up for you all those years ago was only one of the reasons I was exiled. I will be with you when you tell them."
"Alright, if I must."
The others came back in, with Jakob by her side, Alannah began her tale. She told the Captain and her fiance about the years of abuse she withstood at her fathers hands, and the night in question that had her in tears. The night Eraldo raped her.
The whole room was silent, you could literally hear a pin drop, she looked at Dominic, then at Erik. Both of them had fire and anger in their eyes, what she was most concerned with was what this meant for her future with Dominic, after all she was no longer pure.
"Alannah" Dominic was the first to speak, "this changes nothing, I still want to marry you. Your virginity was taken from you not by choice but by force, at the hands of a monster. Your honesty is amazing and for that I an grateful. We will get him, and he will pay for everything that he has done to you. I give you my word."
The atmosphere in the room was no longer light, Jakob had protective arms wrapped around his sister, as the others began talking about what the next step was, all Alannah could do was stare out the windows in the Glass room and watch as the day turned from bright and sunny to gloom and rain.