Things were rather peaceful without Cedric. At least Abrielle didn't have to move on eggshells with him gone. She has been busy these days managing the household during the winter.
The job was more tasking than she had imagined. Cedric owned a couple of businesses that were profitable if Eleanor was not being a pain in the ass.
Abrielle did her best to stay positive, carrying her task and avoiding every invitation to the castle with the excuse she was recovering due to her miscarriage health issues
The miscarriage ended up being more advantageous than she had imagined it to be. It helped her get out of a lot of sticky situations.
That aside, she had also been improving her spells. It turned out Zoltana was able to get a book, more like steal a book about Heliosian magic from the temple that detailed some training spells which she had been using to teach the princess, and they have been making steady progress.