A girl once, and then not- A consequence of becoming a woman? The mortal world does like to punish women (their desires, their wants, their existence). "You can still rule regardless of the mark. You make your own choices as to what defines you. I have heard you're the one who is able to make tough but necessary decisions. An important skill in a ruler," Wrath says. His gaze lifts to meet her own as she has turned around to meet his own, but he hears what is not directly said within the rest.

She would give an incredible amount to be free of the mark (it's her vulnerability, her weakness). Beyond that, the curious mind within Wrath wants to know.

"I would ask you another question, but please take no offense, my lady. I have... heard your family's forest contains the dead. Can you tell me of them?"

Her affliction reeks of death, and her forest is full of it. It seems a strange coincidence, but he makes no assumptions without evidence. The two might not be related at all.