Bone Gap

A year earlier, Finn had found Roza in the shed during a storm. He told Sean, who didn’t believe him until they found her hiding in the corner of the barn with her eyes closed. Sean was concerned about Roza. They gave her an apartment with its own entrance. At first, Roza kept to herself in the apartment, but then she started coming around more. She’d cook in their kitchen and tell them she cooked for herself but would give them what was left. Finn knows Sean bought Roza a ring, but he didn’t get a chance to give it to her because she was kidnapped.

Roza finds herself in the high tower of a castle. There’s a moat filled with beasts. Her kidnapper touches her even though she doesn’t want him to. 

When she was young, Roza was what her grandmother called a “golobki,” a person who isn’t very bright. She had thought strong boys who carried her over puddles were impressive rather than being strong herself. As she grew up, she stood up to men who tried to use her and her friends. Others misread her. They thought that she believed herself to be better than everyone else because of her striking beauty.