"esto fortiter parvam columbam "
One of the Gobbet GirlsHundreds of peasant girls are sent to Snow-Wallow City, where they are judged and deemed worthy of the bachelor prince. Althea, an average girl, was chosen and, without her consent, whisked into a world of riches and horror. Although she now lives in a palace with luxurious meals, she is forced to wed the most evil man in the entire realm. Prince Ramsey Tofdir. Attached to him, she endures horrific, mind-numbing torture. She hates him, she hates her life, and yet she finds comfort in the luxury she is pampered in. Is violent torture worth a full stomach and red rubies? Althea feels something much darker looming in the history of the Tofdir family; whispers of demons and curses make her question the origin of her husband's cruelty. She bears the pain of her isolation until the death of her greatest ally finally breaks her. She is forced to find what makes a good person, what she is worth, and what she would do for comfort.