Cleo opposes the engagement, but her father is adamant. It was Aron’s idea to go to Paelsia to buy wine, as Cleo stopped drinking after the regrettable night with him. She caters to his requests, fearing that he will reveal her secret. Cleo hates Aron but she is careful not to upset him. Since then, she has lived in fear of her father finding out - noble women are expected to remain virgins until they wed. Months before the trip to Paelsia, Cleo got drunk at a party and had sex with Aron, a decision she regretted the next day. Her father, King Corvin, believes that Aron was simply protecting Cleo and announces that the pair will be engaged. Jonas aligns himself with Paelsia’s chief to change the lives of all poor Paelsians.īack home, Cleo is horrified and disgusted that Aron killed Tomas. Tomas’ brother, Jonas, seeks revenge and vows to start the revolution that Tomas wanted. Tomas’ death sparks an international incident as both Limeros and Paelsia hate Auranos’ wealth, and the people are angry that a privileged princess and her friends indifferently murder an innocent young man.

Of the three countries in Mythica, Limeros to the north is cold and inhospitable Paelsia in the middle is poor, dry and barren and Auranos in the south boasts a temperate climate and is wealthy. In the ensuing melee, the princess and her entourage are quickly taken back to their ship by their guards and sent home. While haggling with a wine vendor, Aron Lagaris, Cleo’s friend and suitor, gets into a disagreement with the vendor’s son, Tomas, and stabs him to death. Sixteen years later, Princess Cleiona Bellos of Auranos and her friends take a pleasure cruise to the impoverished nation of Paelsia to purchase wine, the country’s most notable export. Jana wants the witches to raise the baby, but Sabina murders Jana and takes the little girl to be raised by another.

They believe the child will grow up to be the powerful sorceress that has been prophesized. A pair of witch sisters, Jana and Sabina, kidnaps a baby from her home and kills her parents.

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