Jocelynn wanted to tell Isabell that Owain would never harm her. She wanted to protest that she trusted Owain as much as she trusted her own father, but… She'd thought that he wouldn't harm Ashlynn either. She'd thought that telling him about her mark would be enough for Owain to call things off. She'd never thought that he would confront her sister directly, much less that he would murder her sister for being a witch.
Ever since then, she'd carried a small doubt in her mind that, one day, he might do the same to her. That was part of why she'd worked so hard to please him, to help him gather the allies he needed and the accomplishments his father demanded so that he could keep his position as heir to the Lothian throne.
