"I just wanted to tell you that I understand your sacrifice to be here." I lower my eyes for a moment, pushing myself to stand up. Closing the space between us. "There was only one thing I could give to my people. I knew that when I said yes to your sister." I hold my eyes on him. "What do you mean?" His eyes narrow a little. "My people are my responsibility as your people are yours. I was locked away behind the stone walls of my palace because I am the last vessel of the Great Wolf. There was only one thing I could give my people to bring them hope for a chance at a better life... My Freedom." "Katarina?" I stop quickly, hearing my name slip from his lips. I slowly turn my head over my right shoulder. "I want you to know that you are free to do as you will here... You are not a prisoner in these walls." His voice is quiet. I slowly turn to face him, taking a breath. "I may not be a prisoner here but I am not welcomed either." To end a War the Adhara Queen Agrees to an Arranged Marriage with a prince from another Kingdom who has been her sworn enemy for 300 years. Can they put their past behind them to save their two Great Kingdoms from disaster? Or will they be unable to move past the spilled blood...