Rather than be sold off like cattle before she if of age, Adelina runs away. Both Adelina and Violetta’s are both survivors of the illness mentioned in the epigraph, now known as the blood fever, but only Adelina bears marks of its ravages on her body.Īdelina’s father arranges to sell her off to an older tradesman. Adelina flashes back to the night of her father’s death and we learn about her dysfunctional relationship with him and her sister, Violetta. She has been accused of killing her father, Sir Martino Amouteru. After a brief epigraph in which a deadly and mysterious illness is discussed, The Young Elites opens in the mythical country of Kenettra with 16 year-old Adelina Amouteru sitting in a prison cell.
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