Mr. Hood did not force his way inside Princess Loaisa’s head. She would want it to, but not at that moment as she did not want him to feel her own bitterness. It was also when she realized how different she was from the younger princess of Northumbria.
She was used to always getting her way. She never cared much for anyone's feelings before or how her actions may affect them. She was used to only caring for herself and her own good. It was probably the result of pitying herself; of feeling like she was a victim because she had never set foot outside the palace.
Leaving down in the South, she learned to sympathize with others.
“Is this enough?” Mr. Hood’s question pulled her out of her reverie. She glanced down at his work on her arms with dried leaves which he laid above the fire and
