What would happen after Arkai died in that volcano?
They already knew how the Delanivis and the Vasilievs would fill the void of the power vacuum. Unfortunately, that was the extent of what they could deduce. Two great houses, circling like vultures over a dying beast, ready to pick apart the remains of the Dawnoro legacy.
Surely, because knowing what would happen, Ruby chose to marry Nikolas instead of Arzhen, since Arzhen already loved her from the start.
She wanted the two future powers of the north to be hers and hers alone.
But what about the rest?
Cecilia still didn't know what would happen to Rinne after that power vacuum was filled. He was still just a ten-year-old boy. A child, barely old enough to understand the weight of the crown that would be thrust upon his head, forced to navigate a world that had just lost its brightest star. His own beloved father.
