The father handed her over to the fearsome Apaches only because albino was born... but no one even suspected what would happen the moment she first crossed the threshold of her home.

He decided to turn Lucia in.

The decision was made without her. Joaquin, Vincent and the local priest, Father Esteban, quickly agreed. His plan seemed simple and comfortable: Lucia, the Albino girl who was already avoided in the village, would marry Nantan, an Apache who lived in the nearby hills, and this would pay the debts of Joaquin.

His name had been scary for years. People talked about him like a savage, a dangerous bandit. The stories multiplied, but no one tried to understand how much truth was in them.

Lucia heard about the impending wedding late at night,

when the father returned home smelling of mezcal and hopelessness. He gave no explanation, just a dry order.

In a week you get married.

Lucia slowly raised her eyes from the book.

With whom?

With the Apache.

The word sounded heavy. At first he thought of running away, then protesting, screaming. But almost immediately he understood: he had nowhere to go. In a world where a single woman means nothing, those attempts end quickly and badly. Still, he looked at his father directly.

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