pment of this relationship. Caelum described a curse that had plagued his family for generations a revile that had cursed each firstborn of Aquilo

to the fact that their affection was doomed to failure. "The seas may be deep Caelum, y

cess and her peculiar suitor. Lord Aldric, concerned for his girl, summoned her to the castle. "

Father," Seraphina said calmly, h

-willed girl in his sight, he comes to understand that his decision to ban the match would only serve to make her sad. "Good,"