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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

"So then, gentlemen. Why am I here? What do you with to discuss?" Celia made a point at looking each man in the face.

The eldest gentleman, who she knew was named Earl Livar, spoke first. "Your Majesty, I assume you're aware our new king has announced won't be calling his Grand Council for another two months or so?"

She nodded. "I'm aware, yes. It's not a decision I agree with, but it's our reality."

"It leaves us all - as well as the kingdom - in a rather precarious position until then. His Majesty's intention to have a season of celebration means that very little will likely be done this winter, but unfortunately there's much to do." Earl Livar rubbed his forehead as if his thoughts were tormenting him. "There are issues that can't wait until spring to be addressed."

Building Bridges