Jacob's POV
Because of training in the crack of dawn till late afternoon I never get to see Isabelle as much. since the word 'war' has been lingering around the castle because of Francesco we've been ordered to recruit more boys and men and train twice as hard than we used to.
I wonder how she's taking it all in.
she sent me a word in the morning to keep an eye on her sister, why me? she normally would ask Richard... strange.
she's been in a daze these days, barely in the real world. always thinking. I always hear her screaming in the middle of the night and Richard, mostly me, would dash into her room to wake her up. I knew she didn't want to be alone. she never told me she wanted to be alone, but I felt that she wanted me to stay every night. one night she woke up, with a blood curd
