When the northern armies finally came—mounted knights in black steel, their banners showing a wolf eating the moon—the generals of Valdecuna begged her to flee.
Isabella did not chase them. She did not build a monument. She walked back into her city, barefoot, and sat down under the olive tree. An old woman came and placed a single white flower in her hair. La Reina Descalza Gratis.epub
Historical fiction / Magical realism