After Evanna’s Tense exhange with Crown prince Avrid, I think Conrad staged all this to protect her from his crazy brother. He wanted her to break off their engagement for her safety because he cares for her a lot.
I feel this right here. This story In fact helps me escape my pain. 🥲 if only for a moment each day.
It was a history book and she realized that most of them were. By now he must have read every history book that existed. The fact that he spent so much time reading told her how lonely he was. She knew she started reading after her mother passed away. It was a way to make time pass faster without feeling pain or loneliness. Books became her companions.