Chapter 12: A Maddened Lover

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌⁠"What is there that I should turn to,

 Lighting upon days like these?

Every door is barred with gold,

 And opens but to golden keys.

Every gate is thronged with suitors,

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌⁠ All the markets overflow;

I have but an angry fancy,

 What is there that I should do?"

Ela trembled with fear when those hands clutched her and those words were hissed in her ear, for she knew she had come to her reck