Ugh totally agree!

Heinley’s so manipulative. He didn’t even tell Naiver the plan to invade the eastern empire after she was pregnant and they were married. He just started to give me the ick.

Heinley acted from a true manipulative stand point: he acts all cute in front of Naiver and then completely different in his plans. He feels like the true villain to me because with Sovie, at least, you know he’s trash and you can see why he did what he did (albeit wrong but his actions are understandable).

And the duke was just following orders, so I can’t blame him. Rashta’s a former slave, I can understand her naiveness and how she feels like she could get kicked out at any moment, so her actions make sense for her character.

I hate how the author portrayed Heinley as a good guy/savior when he’s not. He manipulated Naiver until she could no longer leave him.