Obstruction at the town gates

 What was the first rule of treating someone who was a threat? Don't have any form of fondness for that person. Although Cedric broke that rule from the start because he never considered her a threat..

 

 She was a way to pass the time and have fun. Abrielle, on the other hand, always had her guard up; she knew what she was meant to feel, and it was never to like or fall in love with him in any way before she found herself in a trap with no escape.

 

 It was that simple; she knew having a slight fondness for him might mean death. He was bound to fall in love with the female lead the same way the people who lost their lives in Danbury were bound to die. That was fate which she wanted to fight against but her dumb heart didn't seem to understand.

 

 She was falling for his gentle side, which was never shown in the book. The nice things people around him said which she shouldn't be doing.