Rosalina O'Connell

By Elizabeth Helen

### Aliases

Crazy George's daughter (Locals)Lucas's Girl (Locals)Babe (Lucas) Pumpkin (Lucas)Gummy Bear (Lucas)Rosie. Lady of Castletree (Faes)Flower (Caspian)Golden Rose (Mostly faes from the Autumn realm but the rumor spreads)

## Biographical information

### Marital status

Lucas Poussin (Ex Fiance)Keldarion : Mate (not consummated)Farron : Mate

## Appearances

### Appears in

Bonded by ThornsWoven by GoldForged by Malice

**Rosalina O'Connell** is a human from Orca Cove that gets held as a prisoner in the Castletree in place of her father George O'Connell.

## Appearance

### Orca Cove

The residents of Orca Cove described Rosalina to be beautiful, like an old movie star. She has long, messy chestnut hair and brown eyes. She wears mascara but it usually smudges around her eyes because of the weather or her own habits. She often looks tired and has bags under her eyes because she is constantly working or reading. When she was first introduced, she is wearing black leggings, an oversized scarf, and a white shirt. She describes herself to have dark hair and thick thighs.

Rosalina has a scar on her left forearm of the first name of her ex-boyfriend, Lucas Poussin. She keeps it hidden with long sleeves.

## Personality

### Orca Cove

Rosalina has always dreamt of adventure and leaving her sleepy little town of Orca Cove. She uses books as a means to escape when in reality she is unable to because the meager money she earns is used for her basic living expenses and to pay off the growing costs of her dad's obsession with finding her mom. She is a bookworm and enjoys the rain because it allows her a cozy environment to read. She is a hard worker and spends her time working opening and closing the bookstore she works at everyday. She is very selfless, often making choices that only benefit others and is a detriment to herself.

She becomes easily embarrassed and lacks the confidence to stand up for herself. In the beginning, she is non-confrontational and passive, often swallowing her anger. Due to her history with her dad, George O'Connell, she gravitates towards people who stick by her and protect her like her ex-boyfriend, Lucas Poussin. Despite that, she believes in romance but has waning belief in men. When she is feeling nervous or vulnerable she will tug on her sleeve to cover her scars. She doesn't cook for herself so she is often eating microwavable meals. She can be little awkward when talking to people.

## Abilities

She is smart and has great ability to think on her feet. From her dad, George O'Connell's, paranoia of the fae creatures, she has gained the ability to do minor lockpicking with two hair pins since he changes the locks of their house every five months and forgets to give her keys.

## Biography

### Early Life

Rosalina grew up in the Pacific Northwest in a town called Orca Cove and works for her boss Richard as a book store clerk at the Seagull's Gullet Book Emporium. She used to have plenty of friends but they eventually left their small town. She had graduated from high school eight years ago (so she is about 25/26 years old) and had stayed because she could not afford college and had to stay to help her dad. She often does not have time to cook for herself, so she is often eating microwavable meals.

We learn that she previously did have plans for college but, when her home was about to be foreclosed, Rosalina offered her college fund to pay it off because her dad, George O'Connell, was too depressed to work because he couldn't afford to follow a lead in the Scotland Highlands. If she could have afforded to leave for college, she would have studied English Literature and possibly gotten her master's degree and leave Orca Cove. There was a little library by an abandoned home where she would leave her favorite books and the rose trinkets her dad would bring back from his travels. She dreams of eventually buying that home and making it into something the town does not have, a library.

She is known in the town not only as Crazy George's daughter but also Lucas's girl when he had saved her from drowning in the frozen lake. The night Lucas left for college he broke up with her and carved his name into her left forearm against her will, so that he would never forget her.

### Bonded by Thorns

#### Chapter 1

Rosalina is working in the bookstore and is visited by locals Josie and Tiffany. Tiffany mentions that they saw Rosalina's dad drive back into town from his search in Petra, Jordan. They talk to her like they are digging for more gossip about her dad who searches for his wife, who he says was taken by faeries. They leave to another part of the store and she overhears them gossiping about her and her dad, who they say has ruined her life. Rosalina begins crying, and wants to storm out and scream at them, but she doesn't and feels guilty she doesn't stand up for herself. Richard later arrives to do inventory and he yells at her for ordering romance books. She is scared of losing her job because she will lose income for her and her dad, so she gives in and leaves for the night with two of the books, pay taken out of her check.

#### Chapter 2

She starts walking and is dreading the mess at home her father left. Rosalina takes the long way and passes by the Poussin Hunting Lodge, where she says she has not been in for awhile because there are too many memories there. She makes her way to the end of the street to an ugly, broken down home that has been on sale for years and dreams of buying it one day to make it into a library. She especially wanted it because it was next to her **mom's favorite willow tree**. She goes to restock the little library next to the house and she is shocked to see it's destroyed. She runs around trying to save the books from the puddles on the ground and sees graffiti on the house "the faeries did it." A truck approaches her with their brights on and Lucas Poussin, her ex-boyfriend, gets out. He pulls her for a hug and they catch up on why he's there and drives away.

#### Chapter 3

She arrives at the Poussin Hunting Lodge after being invited by Lucas. The whole town is basically there and she assumes Lucas brought everyone for a party. She is feeling tense because of all the people and even more of Lucas's family from out of town. She spots Lucas and goes to meet him on the upper level of the lodge. He pulls up her left sleeve to reveal the scar he had left on her with his name, which angers her because he had forgotten that he carved that into her. He again, interrupts their argument by kissing and she relents and struggles to cover her scar. He then says they should enjoy *their* party and Rosalina questions what he means by saying "their" party. Lucas jumps on the table and speaks to the crowd. He announces he is taking over the lodge from his parents and everyone cheers. He jumps off the table and lands in front of Rosie and then proposes to Rosalina in front of everyone. She is shocked and is at a loss for words. A part of her sees this as a way to belong and help run the lodge but also sees part of her scar and understands the risks. The door bursts open of the lodge and it is Thomas, the butcher's son. He shows the crowd and Rosalina her dad's ruined jacket that he found in the middle of the woods. She grabs the jacket and runs, Thomas leading her to where he found it.

#### Chapter 5

Still in disbelief of what is happening to her dad, she is being lead by Thomas into the Briarwood forest with Lucas Poussin following behind. Thomas gets lost in the dark and is unable to lead her to where he found the jacket but Rosalina asks for him to turn off hig flashlight. Rosalina uses her senses and spots a small light in the distance and she follows it, almost hears a voice leading her in that direction. She comes across an overgrown rosebush with many thorns. Thomas says this is where he found the coat and Rosalina spots the torn parts of the bush where George passed through.

Lucas tells her to wait and to come back in the morning but Rosalina ignores him and goes through the bush. She cuts her cheek during her crawling on a thorn. Lucas follows behind her after waving Thomas goodbye. Energy ripples through her as she gets to the end and touches the bramble and the plant shutters. She turns to Lucas and says that her dad actually found the land of the fae. She runs forward and yells out for her Papa. They keep walking and she yells for him but they find out they are surrounded.

#### Chapter 6

Rosalina and Lucas discover they are trapped by several Goblins and Hounds who are getting closer. Lucas is about to shoot them with his rifle but Rosalina stops him saying maybe they can reason with them. Rosalina attempts to press them for information and they say that Winter took her father and "his beasts of the briar". The goblins continue chanting and Lucas tells them to "shut the fuck up" and readies his rifle. Before Rosalina can stop him, Lucas shoots and five of the goblins lay dead. Rosalina tells Lucas to run and they go deeper into the realm with the remaining goblins chasing after them. Lucas falls and the rifle is lost in the thicket. A hound claws into Lucas's back and the goblins cheer. Rosalina takes a **thorn sword** from one of the dead goblins and cuts into the hound's leg. Lucas pushes the creature into the gulley of thorns and they both run back to the rosebush they entered. Rosalina's ankle is snatched and she goes over the edge of the cliff, saved by her scarf that gets caught on a thorn.

Goblins surround her and she calls for Lucas but he is still running towards the bush. The scarf begins to rip and the goblins say she is on her way down to "**mother**". Rosalina screams for Lucas again and he stops running and turns to her but scarf finally rips and she falls, hitting her head against the cliffside and knocking herself out. Before she hits the ground, something grabs Rosalina's waist and she slowly descends through the thorns. She is in a haze but she realizes the goblins are climbing down, so she tries crawling away. The world is spinning from her head injury until she realizes the thorns themselves are moving around her. Black liquid rains down and her vision goes blurry, only seeing bits and pieces of goblins being impaled by giant thorns. Arms wrap around her waist and lift her up and she is against a man. She thinks maybe Lucas came but it is a strange man who says she is now home.

#### Chapter 7

Rosalina walks through the brambles alone on a thin path after being passed out for awhile and woke up alone. She spots Castletree and realizes this is the home of the fae her Papa has been searching for. She walks to the front of the castle and opens the front door. At this point she is questioning if she should head back and the implications of this, possibly marry Lucas who is waiting for her back in Orca Cove. She walks in and calls for her Papa but no response. She spots more thorns and a beautiful gold mirror. She begins going up the staircase wrapped in thorns and up a spiral, high tower. She enters a room at the end and finds a metal cell and inside, slumped against it with chains around his neck is a young man.

#### Chapter 8

The young man eventually notices her. She examines him and finds out that he is fae by his ears. She believes he needs help and rushes to him, stopped by the large padlock on the door. He is surprised by her and asks who she is and that she needs to get out. She wants to get him out but also questions about her dad. The young fae says they did find them. She says she is going to leave and find her dad but also promises to come back for him. He lunges forward and warns her again to leave. She runs away to find her dad. She rushes past the different cells until she find him.

George O'Connell is sickly in the cell, still drenched from the outside. Rosalina tries for the door but unable to open it. George tells her to leave without him. Rosalina can feel someone behind her and ice creeping up. There she finds Keldarion lurking in the shadows. Rosalina pleads for her and her dad's release. He tells her that he is to stay for eternity because he was a thief. Rosalina offers her own life in exchange for his as Keldarion's prisoner. He releases her dad and grabs her and tosses her into another cell. He promises that her dad will be returned to the human realm unharmed. He drags her dad out and leaves Rosalina by herself.

#### Chapter 9

Rosalina wakes up and looks out her cell window, seeing endless thorns. To the mountainside the brambles have roses and she believes this may be the way home. She decides she needs to escape but she gives into despair when she runs out of options and begins crying. The bricks of the window shift and the window becomes wide enough to fit through. A bramble shifts in front of her feet creating a platform and she steps out, the window shrinking back behind her. She begins scaling down and falls on the bridge when a thorn breaks. She makes a run for it and someone slams into her.

#### Chapter 10

She is confronted by a man in armor. The armored knight lunges for her and grabs her by the throat and slams her against the bridge. He questions her and asks if she is a spy for the Prince of Thorns. She tries to fight back but it is no use against his armor but he is drops her. She makes a run for it again but he grabs her. He asks for his name and he loosens his grip. Astrid runs up to them and says that Rosalina is Keldarion's prisoner that escaped, it is also revealed that the knight is a prince. Astrid and the armored knight bring her back to the castle. He is revealed to be Ezryn and he brings her into a room and explains that Astrid is Rosalina's charge and she is to be taken care of. He then leaves.

#### Chapter 12

Astrid comes up from behind her and officially introduces herself. She seems surprised she was able to enter without believing in fae and goes on further to say that Rosalina made it to Castletree. She further explains the situation of the The Four Realms, The Below, and the Prince of Thorns. Another fae woman, Marigold, walks in with a cart of food. They talk more of the fae princes. Marigold says that she smells like a goat through manure and asks Astrid to take her to the Summer Wing to take a bath in the hot springs.

### Chapter 13

Astrid brings Rosalina into the Summer Wing to the hot springs.

## Relationships

* George or Crazy George
* Lucas Poussin
* Rosalina's Mom
* Farron
* Keldarion
* Ezyrn

> "My whole life, I have sacrificed for him. What's one more?"
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Rosalina's Papa, George, often runs off to search for his wife and Rosie's mom who he says was taken by faeries. He is mostly absent traveling the world while Rosalina is forced to stay home so she can work to pay for their living expenses and pay off his travels.
George is not discrete about his reasons for leaving which gained him the reputation as the faerie or pixie hunter and the village crazy person. Rosalina sometimes shows she is ashamed or embarrassed of her father's actions and is has felt like an outcast from it. His travels have put their family in terrible debt that Rosalina has tried paying off with her bookstore salary and has used her college fund to contribute as well. He often will come home, make a mess doing additional research, and leave again for her to come and clean it back up. Although, she does feel isolated from it, she says it's one step close to him finding what he needs- whether that be resolution from grief and acceptance.

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*"..that Papa isn't mad. That every trip he takes, every loans he gets to fund an excursion, that he gets closer to what he needs."*

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He carries around tents and top of the line gear on his travels. She worries often about him and that each time he might not come back. When he asks if Rosalina wants anything from his travels she will always think, she wants him home safety and to not to leave her alone again, but she would only ask for a rose (cheap and easy to get). It is the only promises that he keeps, bringing back the real thing, a rose trinket, or rose jewelry.

He carries around tents and top of the line gear on his travels. She worries often about him and that each time he might not come back. When he asks if Rosalina wants anything from his travels she will always think, she wants him home safety and to not to leave her alone again, but she would only ask for a rose (cheap and easy to get). It is the only promises that he keeps, bringing back the real thing, a rose trinket, or rose jewelry.

By the locals in Orca Cove, he is described to be the best thing to happen to Rosalina. When they were young, he had saved her from drowning in a frozen lake and they began dating when they were 15 years old. Due to this, the town calls her Luca's Girl and she doesn't mind as much because it's better than Crazy George's Daughter. Rosalina is jealous of her peers like Lucas who were able to leave Orca Cove and go to college and even get his Master's degree. Before he had left for college eight years ago, he had broken up with Rosalina but had stayed in Orca Cove until a year before the events of Bonded by Thorns to live in the city and work at an accounting firm. During his college years, he would come home for Christmas time and see her.

When he broke up with her, Rosalina was upset because he was leaving her alone and he had already been distant with her - missing dates, forgetting their planned phone calls, etc. The night that he left for college (8yo ago) he paced back and forth and said "what the fuck do you want from me" while she was crying. He pulled out a hunting knife and said that she will remember who saved her life. Then he carved his name into her left arm; which she covers now with long sleeves everyday. The blood on the wood that came from that night is still there.

He shows up and Rosalina crumbles around him. She is always at a loss for words and is very passive. Even when they were broken up, he would come home to take her out for drinks, they would have sex, and he would still be sexting other girls from his university. She likes him because he is familiar to her, he looks great, and whenever he stares at her she feels like she is special. She generally feels pathetic around him. Lucas likes that she is innocent and says that she would never make it in the city. He says the city girls are too skinny and he likes something to grab and would grab her. She sometimes feels grateful for Luca's presence since he does feel like he protects her.
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One time he came home from college and took her to dinner and ordered a salad for her because he said *"she packed on the freshman 15 and you aren't even in college."*
*“His name is Lucas. We’ve been on and off since I was fifteen, but I think it’s serious now. Super serious.” I take a deep breath. “Or at least it could have been, if I hadn’t been imprisoned by the fae.”*
Has been missing for 25 years and was said to have been taken to faeires by Rosalina's dad, George O'Connell. Rosalina would often hang around the abandoned house in Orca Cove next to the willow tree that was her moms favorite tree.

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When she first meets Keldarion, she says that he is the rudest man in the world. She describes Kel as hauntingly sorrowful in his gaze.

Exryn hand big enought o wrap around her throat and able to lift her easily

### Minor Characters (Orca Cove)

* Josie and Tiffany
* Richard

Middle aged, click-y, wives of fisherman living in Orca Cove. They are first introduced in the beginning of Bonded by Thorns. They are described as wine loving and typical locals. They pity her because they know of her situation. Rosalina is embarrassed. They make fun of her and they often gossip about her dad during workout classes, coffeeshops with other locals. They blame her dad for holding her back. Says she is undeniable beautiful and that she looks like an old movie star.

Rosalina's boss of the Seagull's Gulley Book Emporium, a bookstore he had passed down to him from his parents, but rarely shows up for work. Rosalina is usually running the bookstore, taking the opening and closing shifts but is never paid overtime. She says that he probably would have let her go but there is no one else who would work the hours she does for so little pay and he used to be friends with her dad. Richard also keeps her around because she brings in customers who want to ogle and dig for gossip about Rosalina and her dad.

Rosalina does every job in the bookstore except inventory. Richard often reprimands her for her silly marketing ideas and for ordering books that are outside of what he thinks Orca Cove likes because they don't sell as well. He calls her foolish. Rosalina thinks that he look mean and angry and looks like a mole. She believes that Richard having to deal with her is the worst part of his day.
### Minor Characters (Castletree)

* Atrid
* Marigold

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Says it is impressive that she made it to Castletree because the thorns are so dangerous.