Sophie

Previously

…They had proven themselves capable of weathering the worst the land or fate could throw at them, not by ignoring the difficulties, but by standing shoulder-to-shoulder against them. Sophie knew, with a clarity that settled deep into her bones every dawn, that whatever the future held—prosperity, scarcity, challenge, or peace—she would meet it holding fast to the hand of the tall man who had first stepped out of the shadows of the forest and promised her a life built on solid ground. That connection, forged in the demanding crucible of creation, was unbreakable. It was everything.