A Child Named Loveless Preview (Chapter 3)

Shakespeare once said "What's in a name?" but the bard himself was never cursed with the name Loveless. A name that has haunted Rose Summer her entire life. After her mother abandoned her, she left behind the name as a curse for her daughter to remember her by. Despite having it changed, she still hears echoes of it in her dreams. Enter Erica Snow. A girl kicked out of her home for being a lesbian and recently arriving in Deer Springs to live with her grandmother. The day the two girls meet, ancient magic comes into play. Rose's aunt goes missing and a mysterious tower appears. A storm wilder than either girl has ever seen starts to spread. The answers they're looking for lies in the tower where it is said that those who reach the top will be granted one wish.
In a time long forgotten, a princess, Amara becomes engaged to the charming and handsome King Erasmus. But things are not what they appear. Though showing the façade of the charming noble, Erasmus is wicked to the core. Amara, though silent, is far from submitting, and Chioni, a woman whose heart is captured by the princess, might just be the noblest of them all.