At fifteen, I was ready to be married, before my brother. I needed to be protected from those who wished to use my power. The easiest way to protect me was to bring forth my marriage. Ethan’s betrothed would not be happy, but it was necessary. My mother and grandmother would cast a spell around the marriage to keep King Henry and the other men at court from noticing me any more than they had as Henry and some of his men were to attend the wedding and would also work on others I came into contact with. After I was married, he would no longer see me, and I would be spared. Well, that was our hope, the hope of everyone in my family and I could feel my ancestors gather around me as we prepared for the wedding. I knew they would add to the strength of the spell. I felt them more the closer to t
