Memories

-Karen-

I tried to figure out how I could explain it. “It’s not that it’s painful per se. He did unspeakable things to me… From starvation to many beatings and isolation periods and other cruel things. I had hoped I would find an outlet in the Mage Clan, but I was treated the same way by everyone after a while. It was so hard to deal with all the isolation. I thought a lot about running away… But where would I go when the palace was all I’d known? Novo tried to protect me and tried to take care of me despite being punished harshly by Lewis.” I shook my head again with a sigh.

“Between the constant isolation and things that happened between Lewis and other men he would rope in; it was so much to bear alone. Even after I’d been captured by Conor, Lewis still attacked me and then flaunted it in front of Conor. Conor- He went out of his way to defend me when he could have easily tossed me into a ditch. All the abuses went on for at least six years until Conor killed him in a rage for atta