Although Annan had considered many things,
he still decided to bring the werewolf Dorin with him this time when he returned to the Winter Duchy.
To this day, Annan still had not figured out why Dorin looked so much like Bella. According to the identity and background Dorin had given, her place of origin was quite far from Bella's hometown, so they obviously could not be relatives.
Moreover, their ages did not match at all.
If Bella were still alive, she would be around twenty-four years old now.
Let's sort out the timeline for a moment.
Bella the betrayer had joined the "Hand of Winter" on December 30, 1496, eight years ago, at the age of sixteen. A year and a half after she joined the "Hand of Winter"... that is, six years ago from now, she betrayed Dmitry during a gamble and indirectly caused him to lose his fertility.