Staring into her eyes and I knew she was not going to back down. A part of me wanted to keep her out of politics. Being the only non magical in this castle will ruffle many feathers. The other, larger, part wanted her here so she could be near me. I will need all the support I can get in this war and having my mother next to me would mean a world of difference. Odd how I never would have thought that in my first life. 