Oh, there was that too. No one wanted to give birth to a child only to have to leave them after twenty years. You were to give up all outside influences in a Blight, and sacrifice your life for the greater good.

Or at least, that was what was thought. Bethany had found the truth to be painfully different. Hence why she wanted to leave the Wardens, and she would do what she had to, to rid herself of the taint and the title. To just be Aleron's wife? To carry his children? That would be enough for her.

She shook her head, "No - for one - the women in my family are known to have multiple children with no issues. My mother had three, after all. Two ... well. The constitution of a Warden is, ahem, highly valued."