She came from a dark and lonely past of struggles and burdens. It seemed as if there was absolutely no way to fill the void in her heart. And now the hole was deeper, and the more it dwelled in her, the deeper it became. She had spent her life trying to become like the mother she had barely known. Her body had been toughened by her father's will and iron hands. Through him, she was able to do the work of a man, almost better than a man could. Her brothers had helped her keep a child's heart and she was able to fill the female void as mothers came and went usually leaving a baby behind them. Nevertheless, the void in her heart grew, for 15 years it grew. Four years spent dancing had taught her a great deal about the world. She had even been able to find the one to fill the void, but he had left and hurrying to fill his place, she found another, but ended up with her heart in pieces. This is how she came to Virginia City, the roughest town in the Nevada Territory. She'd taken the job in a rush, only to get away, she needed to get away from the things and the people who'd hurt her, so she took that job to teach in a one room schoolhouse and now here she was praying for some light in her life.