The Blind Queen, Blood of the Magnolia

Years ago, Alaric Blackwood knelt in the rain outside the Grand Hall for three days and nights. He begged me to marry him, swearing he would never betray my heart.

But in a heartbeat, he believed the lies of a venomous woman. He used silver needles to pierce my shoulders and personally gouged out my eyes.

I had taken arrows for him, won him the finest stallions, and won over the court to help him take the throne. In return, he desecrated my family's graves and slaughtered my entire bloodline.