Why is Lina abandoned?

Her parents worship beauty and reject her bark-like skin and thorn hair.

Riviera's crown prince, already betrothed to Verei.

The Ugly Daughter Returns as Queen

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The Ugly Daughter Returns as Queen — Lina Navera, abandoned for her bark-like skin and thorn hair, fights to become queen after learning her companion Lark is Riviera's crown prince.

Lina Navera enters life with bark-like skin and thorn hair, causing her beauty-obsessed parents to abandon her in the Forbidden Forest. A witch raises her there, where she bonds with Lark, a companion who accepts her without condition. An enchanted stream rewrites her appearance, removing her thorns and revealing Lark as Riviera's crown prince already pledged to Verei. Lina refuses to withdraw and is imprisoned. She enters the Rite of Blossoms to claim him while Verei plots against her and the forest declines. A dark family secret emerges as she pursues the crown.

Quick answers

Why is Lina abandoned?: Her parents worship beauty and reject her bark-like skin and thorn hair.
Who is Lark?: Riviera's crown prince, already betrothed to Verei.