Gambles and Fortunes

Staking your life against all odds comes with the territory.
She was prepared to pay for this mission gambit.
But someone else's life always seemed more expensive currency.
They just lost Lion. Thorne's nephew, her friend.
Her own pain and empathetic echo of Thorne's agony were the installments that became due with it.
And the price just went even higher.
Thorne wouldn't know... he didn't need to.
But she knew now.
Their child.
That was the next bid.
Was she prepared to call it?
Was she still willing to play?
And could she afford not to?
How expensive was quitting?