ived, a grotesqu

excitement, the air thick with wood

, looking every bit the leader,

munal chalice, o

ced, his voice booming. "Part

ard. My heart hamme

, the secret of my ba

voice trembling, "I can' t. I' m pr

nce adored, twisted in

ia

cracked l

, striking me hard

ack, stars explod

an outsider's bastard i

m, looking frail but with

ying to betray Havenwood! Th

their faces turning

gentle ways with their child

, Ethan' s boot slam

rough me. I doubled over, a

and I knew. M

down my face, h

ng my head back, and forc

e "Unity Draught," p

felt something thick and slimy,

ntorted. "I took you in, and this is how you repa

igning concern, but her

my dress, he

, revealing the small, clover-shaped birthmark Ethan

" Daisy cooed, her voice dr

e's already marked

gasped,

ed my lips, where it now churned in

ss. It was

is hands, sile

our sacred traditions! She

ng, and pulled D

, will stand by me! The fest

s eru

nd Daisy, bathed in the firelight, celebrating, hailed b

d back, a des

t' s wher

charming, ambitious, a little rough arou

a wealthy New England f

ed. He was m

ement party, he vanished.

call. He was in Havenwood, h

trying to rebuild, to make som

rtable life, my worried pare

every penny, to help h

ship together,

s "First Lady" of a ne

ickly daughter, had appeared

Ethan' s attenti

nd, too trusting,