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“You must bear a child, Celia. what good is a woman who isn’t a mother? What good is an empty womb?”

“Especially when it’s a foreign womb, like yours…”

It’s not an easy life when you’re watched month after month, when all the blame is placed at your feet for your young husband having no heir. 

Celia Devon Tralhamir, Crown Princess of Havietten, waits every month with hope mingled with fear. 

A child will secure her future. But it will also bind her for life to a husband she neither loves or respects, who refuses to see her abilities. Is that what she wants?

Is she content to prioritise security over happiness, and be a wordless decorative vessel all her life?

Or is she brave enough to try to forge her own path and seize fulfilment on her own terms? Even in a society that cannot recognise individual brilliance in a mere woman.

A sequel to the WEBNOVEL book “Earning the Love of a Princess”, this novel follows another woman born into the Royal House of Devon, trying to fight the confines that threaten to stifle her happiness.

The Loneliest Ballad

"Your Grace! Your Grace! Just stop for a moment!"

Celia refused to turn towards the voice calling for her. She kept walking quickly, almost running despite her high heeled shoes.

She smiled slightly. So now he finally felt comfortable discarding her royal title?

"Celia, don't shut me out like this!" She felt a hand grabbing at her arm. "I know you're angry at me, but just let me explain!"

"There's nothing to explain. You did what you thought was right, despite me begging you not to. You obviously think you know better than me about my own life. But don't worry. I'm used to men disregarding my feelings and doing whatever the hell they want instead." Celia shook off his grip and kept walking, forcing her eyes to remain fixed straight ahead.

If she so much as glanced at Lucas, she feared her self control would collapse entirely.

Autonomy