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Ignoring all the other glaring problems in this story, I cannot understand Leah’s character. She is broken to the point that she wishes to die, yet she also talks about how important the people of her country are. She then goes on to say that she is the only person in the royal family that cares about the Estians. So why does she think it’s so important to do literally anything before her death? She knows Serdina and Blaine cannot run the country. She knows the country will fall into ruin under their leadership. She is staring her one actual bargaining piece in the face and somehow convinced that marrying Ishakan is a terrible idea and that of all the people surrounding her, it’s the Kurkans that want war? Not the crazy ass Estians that treat them as subhumans? Her brother literally spits in the face of peace, but she’s worried about making sure he doesn’t ruin his reputation before taking the throne. She knows he is crazy. Once she dies he will… still be crazy. She is shown to us as the only logical and intellectual person in the royal family, but she can’t put 2 and 2 together? You want peace? Marry Ishakan, the one person that is on your side with the power to free you from your fate and also protect your people?? He clearly has more respect for them than your own brother. It’s just so stupid that I have to regard Leah and her plight while ignoring the stupid decisions she keeps making.