MERIDA'S POV
Although I didn't understand what Jude was trying to do by inscribing a mark on my delicate skin, I tried as much as possible not to protest, not because it wasn't painful but because I knew whatever he did or was doing was for a reason.
Arnold had just let everyone understand that I was the one with the most task, by being the one who would be in charge of Jennifer, Cecilia's mother, so that she would be frightened by my presence and freely hand the box back to us.
This was indeed a hard task to do because we all knew who Cecilia was and that she never liked me. If she was awarded the opportunity to have me by her side, she wouldn't hesitate to pounce on me, even now that her mother's life would also be at stake.
But there was only way I could help myself which was just t
