Belladonna didn't know how she had found her way to the edge of the wooden bridge, but when she calmed down, she had found herself there.
"Don't be too hard on yourself."
She didn't need to look to know that was Alaris. Even if she looked, what would she see?
Moria Nakunriver.
Her family should be the head of the village, but if what she had heard was right, her father had died from grief when the need for another bride had been announced.
It wasn't even up to a year yet.
It made Belladonna think of how much damage Eli's way of solving his curse had brought to different families.
How many people's death had he indirectly caused? Even though, Lady Kestra was the root of this problem, at some point, the King must have given real consent, especially to the Choosing Ritual.
