In the Dorothea family for generations has been "cursed" or given a some sort of disease the family used to call it, even though our last name means "Gift of god" they didn't accept this fact. Cause when the mother of the first born child dies that curse will be passed on to them, and every month on the night of the crimson moon...it says that child will bring upon death on the sinners. It was unfortunately passed onto Penelope Dorothea as an infant, so she was taken in and rescued from the neighboring country, Valort by the respected general of Sylvan. But she has no memories of her biological family. While she grew up in Sylvan her and the generals Son, Blake Laurens fell inlove. And soon later she trained and became a respected lady and captain of district 8, but also during her time there she finds out that the man she fell inlove with was not who she thought he was. TW: Violence, some adult scenes and so on. (Another connecting book with my friend @lexiwritesromance ❤️)