@Hollow7F Fine, I respect your right to an opinion. Not going to argue past this reply.
Gizel is madly obsessive, and would probably not take well to another woman stopping the marriage, especially not with a (faked) engagement.
How is threathening his entire clan with death and destruction a good thing? All he wanted was to
not marry his sister, and eventually see the world. As leaving already basically makes you an outcast, never to return, no need to act the villain.
You're right, he would never harm Gizel. He loves her, just not romantically. Why bring up abuse if it would never be an option for him?
The way I see it, he never gave up. Giving up would be going back after the cart broke down. He sacrificed his friends, family, home, stability and more just to reclaim his freedom. He always planned to someday leave, meaning he could never go back. No reason to make things worse, so it would be best just to leave peacefully. Which he did. All his family accomplished was to force it to happen earlier, losing a son and brother. The clan also lost a major asset, BTW.
Anyway, no need to answer my questions, they're just retorical.
@CommieJohnTeh Notice how she never replied after the father shut her down? Sure, might have argued more off-page, but as far as I'm concerned there's no evidence she would have tried to stop it. She seems kinda like a wet towel judging by the way the father runs things, what with bringing Abel hunting out of the blue and all. Bringing a weak kid hunting in bear territory with no practice, and not a word of complaint from mommy-dear.