It starts out with a recap of the massacre, but instead of from the sister�s POV, it�s from Rachel�s POV. She�s 10 and she is raped and scarred horribly on the left side of her face with a jagged cut going from her temple, across her eye (she�s lucky she didn�t lose it) , down her cheek, to the corner of her lip. Prior to the massacre, there�ll be some innocent flirting between the boy and Rachel. After the massacre, the boy stays by her side and helps nurse her back to health.
Her father and his father settle in the same town, but her scars run deeper than on the skin. She is now 25 and never married. Rachel is terrified of all men except our hero (of course) and everyone looks down on her because of her �disfigurement.� I also just realized that in the third book of my lighthouse trilogy, the girl is also possibly disfigured. I�m going to have to miraculously heal her because I want Rachel to be the one with the disfigurement.
So, for the past 15 years, Hero has been trying to court Rachel, but she won�t allow it because she doesn�t feel worthy. Then, the first story happens and Hero sees how happy his sister and her husband are and decides he isn�t going to mess around any more. He goes after her with a vengeance.
So far, that�s pretty much all I�ve come up with, but the wicked stepmother and stepsister from the first story are back to make life miserable for our characters. Also, there�s gonna be a scene where Hero is with some men or near some men and one of the men mentions how beautiful Rachel is if she just keeps her face turned away and it provokes him and he goes Bam! Bastard goes down! But, tonight, I might revisit it if I am not occupied with another story and if I revisit it, I�ll have more to add.