I was quick to "boo" the ending (*shifts eyes* sorry) but the more I ponder on it, I don't think it is the end...and that gives me a happy little spark of hope.
So Princess Neera (aka Nabile) fell in love with a peasant and was kicked out of the palace. Could that peasant be Tomos? He even cried out when he realized what she was doing. She was probably trying to do a heroic thing and save the city but her heart might still be with Tomos. That would explain why the curse is apparently there.
There was also ambiguity with the Fortune teller's statements regarding Jazan and a Qasalan princess rather than a Sakhmetian one. If the crazy ole Kau is correct, Princess Neera wouldn't be able to lift the curse even if she wanted to. Therefore a second possible reason why the curse is still present.
However, from everyone
IN the story's point of view, this
is the end. They all think the curse ended because Jazan married and Sakhmet's back (which was only really gone until Jazan personally lifted the spell he originally placed). Everyone was under the impression that Jazan's bride had to be from Sakhmet plus they appear to be rather gullible in believing that Nabile fell in love with a stranger in two seconds.
The marriage didn't restore Qasala or it's people though. So...perhaps another chapter will come out once the characters realize that something is still wrong. So what they
thought was the ending was not.
And maybe it's our scroll that will reveal that the madness has not ended. And maybe the next step hasn't been activated. And maybe all the loose ends will be explained. And maybe there will be a glorious ending after all.
My brain hurts.