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She didn't let/male him speak at all?! Why couldn't he beg or explain or anything? It was all just handed to him! Lots of unanswered questions too - mainly surrounding the curse (I guess it was lifted when he went to the lake that time)
What happened woth all the side characters and the monster aspect? I suppose sides might answer this. A good story, just didn't make clodan work hard enough for this ending imo.