This twist adds another layer of tragedy and complexity to the story

This twist adds another layer of tragedy and complexity to the story. Isolde’s survival, though unknown to Seraphina and others, turns her fate into one of unimaginable suffering. The city-lord, who initially agreed to betray the Black Ravens under Seraphina's secret deal, now keeps Isolde as his personal prisoner. He takes sadistic pleasure in breaking her spirit, subjecting her to relentless torture and using her for his own pleasure. To further degrade her, he allows his soldiers to do the same, reducing the once-proud and powerful Lady Isolde to a mere object of cruelty.'