Here now and forever

Who do you work for?

Angella snorted in derision.

"Myself."

But somebody is...

"Not being on 'the good side' does not mean I am not loyal, or have mutually beneficial relationships." she explained with the air of tried patience.

So you don't owe him anything?

The Queen's hand reached for the amulet once again.

"I can be grateful. If I weren't here," she indicated her comfortable quarters, "I probably would be gone by now."

There was an origin story in there, but what intrigued Swan was the way the amulet echoed - or rather amplified - the other woman's very life force.