22
Deep in the Forest of Lycana
Anabella rose before the sun. Stefan wouldn’t come round for a while. They slept more than they didn’t in this sky dungeon that had been home since before Stefan was born, because sleeping was a way to pass the time. It dulled the hunger, at least temporarily.
But today… today was the Right of Choosing. The day Eoghan would marry four girls and, soon, bring them home to Duncarrow, where he would have them for his amusements, and if he proved as virile as his father, the mothers of his many children. Anabella experienced a guilt-laden jubilation at the prospect of his attentions turned on others. But these years had been so long. And now that she knew someone was still bringing them food and drink, her fears of his lapsed devotions, such as they were, had
