“Izidora, I will spend my whole life making this up to you, helping you heal these wounds you carry. I should have checked on you, rather than leaving you in the hands of others. Our fathers were the ones who arranged for your care, and they would not allow my involvement until you came of age. On your twenty-first birthday, I was on my way to surprise you and to whisk you away to the palace I built for us, where I planned to shower you with treasure and love. But when I arrived, all the guards were freshly dead, and you were nowhere to be found. I waited for that day for so long, and to find
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So, he knew she was kidnapped at birth, her mother killed, and put into prison until she was 21 years old? But, because he "didn't know about the abuse" and that they were only supposed to "make her ready" for him, that's ok!?! Based on what I've sneaked ahead about, he wins out in the end. There better be a better explanation or my overall review of this story is going to burn.
