Verbena Barnes and Damon Thern may have lived in the same village, but the lines between their two families are harshly enforced.
Against her be.
She confides her troubles to Verbena, and one of then is a secret too big to conceal for long.
Then Andrew dies, leaving Edeline in a world that no longer has any use for her.
The Barnes have since fallen on hard times.
Once, six years before, Damon\'s older brother Andrew had dared to marry across those lines-to Verbena\'s older sister Edeline.
Verbena Barnes and Damon Thern may have lived in the same village, but the lines between their two families are harshly enforced