Dreaded revelations from the first prince and the iilra leave April in the bleakest spot she's ever experienced. Before those heart-wrenching and lethal words were spoken to her, her only ambition was to finish the last few weeks of her slavery under Prince Daein and get home.
Now, she's got other worries to consider.
And she might not survive all the threats building up around her like a fortress. Her choices are just as bleak as her circumstance.
1. Stay and risk being killed by Prince Daein
2. Return home and die of her sickness
3. Flee with the help of the iilra and hopefully survive long enough in the light lands to fulfil what she's started, to protect her most precious love from the vicious Prince Daein.
April knows as much as her only companion Terry does. It's not looking good. But all she has is hope, so she'll hold onto that until her dying breath.