THE FIFTH: Chapter Nineteen, Part One

Reading over this, it's a bit choppy. I haven't edited it as thoroughly as the rest, and I don't have time to do it now. My apologies.
Map, Glossary

CompromisePART ONE
“I am afraid.”  Lasidia sat on the end of my bed and twisted her hands in her lap while I dressed.  “I have never laid eyes on the man, and Father wishes me to marry him.”“I will not have you leave our land with a man who has not my full trust.”  I paused from binding my hair to sit next to her.  Gently, I put...