Zoe Brooks and Ethan Parker split over his plan to take a concubine and a crippling trust crisis, with family feuds and emotional strife compounding their rift. Wendy Miller’s arrival escalates tensions, and after bitter doubt and trials, Zoe reluctantly accepts her. But fate intervenes: Ethan falls to his death on official business. Zoe, finally free, returns to her father in the Riverlands to spend her days, while Ethan is left to mourn the love he lost.
