Watching him jerk back from her and move across the room, Charlotte couldn't help the concern that first flickered across her features, though with the onset of his words they were quickly replaced with something far less empathetic, fury.

"Do you forget the last time we were alone, Char? Do you forget that I almost raped you? I should have,"

"You weren't capable of it then," she snapped in response, uncertain even where the intensity with which she spoke arose from. She had been terrified at the time, but in retrospect looking back she could only fathom what little reason she had. "Don't play it off like some great gesture of your compassion either, Elphias- you threatened me to subdue me, to break me-"

Shaking her head, she had to fix her gaze on him before she lowered her hands beside her, "I'm still here. I'm not leaving."