She knew the moment she saw the Captain.
As her heart crumbled into pieces and her mind broke itself apart in its grief, she knew.
Her Gaberial was gone.
He’d gone down fighting, they said. He’d died honorably.
He’d died for her.
That’s what she was stuck on. He’d never have left if she hadn’t been cursed. He’d never have tried to kill the man who cursed her if she’d not known him at all.
Why ...