The moment Alice and Velvet appeared with their knights, everything changed for those who defended Grigor.
Avandar watched his sister holding her whip blade with such finesse he couldn't imagine this was the same young girl who rarely spoke and remained quiet. Even after she became an adult, he always worried if Alice would find a husband.
"The duchess looks like she's glowing, your majesty." Marduk, the palace mage, commented with his old, hoarse voice.
"I almost didn't recognise her, she's no longer that pale, and beautiful little girl." Avandar said, his eyes wet and filled with affection.
In her younger years, Alice struggled because of her curse.
The Grigor curse appeared in different ways for each of the women. Unable to grow stronger and with a body that remained sickly and weak, Avandar sent his sister to the safest land in the kingdom to serve as a duchess.
However, everything has changed.
