The marriage between Alena and Matthias had been changed. Now it was Adrienne's marriage instead. The strange thing was ever since she had run home screaming that her sister had drowned, Adrienne had stopped wanting Matthias. Now she was just grieving. She hadn't told anyone that she was the one that pushed Alena in because she knew that they would think Adrienne killed her. So she had to bury her guilt deep within and everyone thought it was just mourning.
A few days after Alena died, Adrienne began to crack. She started going down to the river ever day and stare at the turning water. She knew that people thought she was going to end up falling in but she didn't care until they stopped her from going. They had to guard her so she wouldn't disappear and not be found for hours. The town healer said that it would be better after she got married and had someway of filling her time so the wedding stayed as it was instead of giving her time to get over her feelings of her sister.
Adrienne stopped going to see Matthias but he would come to her and tell her it was all right to mourn for her sister and he would hold her as she cried. Adrienne learned she could lock the madness also inside and did that more and more as the wedding approached.