Mary and Bass return to the castle, where Catherine remains resolved to keep Francis safe from Mary. Meanwhile, Francis learns of the dark prophecy, but it does not dissuade his desire to marry Mary.
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The Sun lit the Earth like never before.
The wind blew with a new purpose.
The destruction of a fabrication that once held all the answers.
It destroyed them; swallowed them whole.
Passed through the digestive system of a monster named truth.
-Astaria Stone
