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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

"Do you want to explain to me why Papa is in such a terrible mood tonight?" Lucas asked under his breath at that night's dinner banquet.

Celia swallowed a mouthful of salad before she replied. She had no appetite but knew her child needed nourishment. "Let's just say that he had his audience with Tobin earlier today, but came away without what he wanted."

"Nothing much." she said as she nudged some vegetables around on her plate with a fork. "Just to be given the position of Lord Governor."

Lucas hooted in disbelief. "Nothing much at all. Fuck! The man is brave for asking, I'll give him that. Few others would have the balls to even pose the question to their king."

"At one point, I was scared Tobin was actually going to agree. Not for any noble purpose, just out of pure laziness. Fortunately, I managed to talk him out of it after having to explain why it was a terrible idea."

Breaking Bread