She knew she had to go back to the Dower House. Her mission wasn't finished. Her heart no longer raced in fear for her son. Though she was still afraid for herself more than she wanted to admit, that was something she knew how to combat. She'd had almost forty years of taking care of herself and pushing past her fears of her own mortality. If she didn't return to Rodolphus" house, she would become an enemy. There would be no hope for her to ever uncover the truth and she would be in more danger than she already was.