Lo-Melkhiin was not always a cruel ruler. Exploring the palace, she begins to unlock years of fear that have tormented and silenced a kingdom. Night after night, Lo-Melkhiin comes to her and listens to the stories she tells, and day after day she is awakened by the sunrise. But the first sun rises and sets, and she is not dead. She sees everything as if for the last time. Lo-Melkhiin’s court is a dangerous palace filled with pretty things: intricate statues with wretched eyes, exquisite threads to weave the most beautiful garments. She vows she will not let her be next.Īnd so she is taken in her sister’s place, and she believes death will soon follow. She knows he will want the loveliest girl: her sister. When she sees the dust cloud on the horizon, she knows he has arrived. Lo-Melkhiin killed three hundred girls before he came to her village, looking for a wife.
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