He had stayed in Rothen to heal after the Death Games. At first, she had thought she might lose him. It had been the worst day of her life. And now that he was whole and hale again, she couldn’t stand the thought of him returning to Slödava, living so far away, ruling another kingdom. The idea of their fates forever branching apart, growing more and more distant… it wasn’t a future she had the strength to bear.
