"Wrong choice or not, it's my choice and I'm the one who has to live with the consequences, not either of you. Ted was perfectly nice, whatever his blood status." Andromeda exhaled a slow breath, eyes closing for a moment at the contact.

"He was a good man. That should matter more than whether he has a lineage stretching back centuries or not. At least he's not a mindless sycophant toadying up to others because they have power."