[b]Ella felt her eyes widen and her cheeks turn pink as Regina made a teasing comment about her and Marken sharing a bed the night before. So, the wicked governess had sold them out, had she? The woman didn't seem to know how to [i]not[/i] be a bitch. Unaware of who Luke could be, Ella gave him a small smile and watched him leave. When the queen asked Ella what her childhood was like. She really didn't want to get on that subject.

"I'm afraid that my childhood isn't much to discuss," Ella told Regina softly, "My parents passed away when I was very young, and most of my childhood was spent in captivity with my stepmother or in Toren."

Ella realized that she probably shouldn't have mentioned being in Toren, but it wouldn't do her any good to try & deny the four years she spent there in “school.” They’d probably find about it anyway.[/b]