![]() ![]() As they near the walls of the Rise of the town, they find that there are a lot of bodies tacked up onto the wall, with the white headdress covering their faces–a nod towards Poppy’s time as The Maiden. Poppy and her contingent of wolves, Atlantan soldiers, make their way towards a smaller town near Oak Ambler–which they intend to capture to make their assault on Oak Ambler. ![]() It turns out that Isbeth is not the Ascended–she is a demis–not quite a god but not quite a human. Occasionally, the Handmaidens show up to take blood from him, and eventually Isbeth herself shows up to talk to him for a moment about what she hopes for Poppy and what she has done in order to get where she is. ![]() He knows that this act will potentially weaken him, and bring him into bloodlust, which he will try to stave off for as long as possible, but he would give himself up again to save Poppy. ![]() Queen Ileana is really Isbeth, Poppy’s mother and also the mistress/heartmate of Malec, who is the ex-husband of Queen Eloana, Casteel’s Mother. What It’s About: Casteel Da’Neer finds himself in a dark cell, having given himself up in order to save his wife–Penellaphe (“Poppy”)–from being taken by the Blood Queen, officially known as Queen Ileana. ![]()
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