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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

Celia desperately wanted to confide in Lucas. Despite how things had ended between them, she knew she could still trust him implicitly.

She wanted to tell him how badly she was hurting - how Sabine's shouted words last night had cut her to the core. How despondent she felt about having to face Tobin again soon and not even have an expectant belly to show for it.

She wanted to tell Lucas how terrified she'd been when Sabine had mentioned his name and dragged him into the whole sorry mess.

Celia pressed her lips together and swallowed her words. At least Lucas wasn't in danger anymore, she thought.

"It just all seems so strange. Did Lady Sabine say anything to you about going for a walk around the castle last night?" he asked. "You said the two of you left the banquet together."

Celia shook her head. What would he say if she told him the truth of everything that happened? Would he look at her differently?

No Real Explanation