Namara's POV:

Honestly, I expected the people would chastise me for my decisions. I had braced myself for cold stares in the market square, whispered accusations behind my back, maybe even petitions from the older families demanding I observe a longer mourning period. After everything Damien had done, after I had stood before them and torn open every wound he left behind, I thought my choice to move on so soon, with a child already growing inside me, would be the final crack that shattered ...