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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

26 August, 1370. St Ivan's Palace, Havietten

Is it daytime already, or am I dreaming?

Celia opened her eyes a little, then shut them tight again when light hit them.

It's definitely not night anymore.

Still, she wasn't ready to wake up yet. She let herself sink back into her pillow with a contented sigh, happy to let sleep claim her for a while longer.

A sound echoed through the bedchamber though, like a steady pounding. What the hell? Determined to ignore it, Celia rolled over and pulled the blanket over her ear.

The sound continued, followed by a muffled call. "My lady! Can you hear me?"

Rae. Knocking on my door, Celia slowly realised.

"I don't care about that! Send them away." With every word, Celia felt sleep drifting away from her grasp and this was extremely upsetting.

The Bar is on the Floor