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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 forced herself to stop running and merely walked at a fast pace. She couldn't risk tripping and taking a fall onto the stone floor.

If she could've flown to Lucas's apartments, she wouldn't have hesitated to do it.

She could see servants clustering in little bunches throughout the building, whispering amongst themselves.

"I guess good news spreads fast." she murmured, exhaling in relief when she finally reached the courtyard separating the diplomatic wing from the main part of the palace.

She could see her friend Lord Da'ar, sitting on the fountain's edge and sprinkling breadcrumbs into the water to feed the fish. She nodded a greeting to him but didn't slow her pace.

When Celia reached the right door, she pounded on the timber so hard it made her fist ache. She waited for only a few seconds before pounding again. She was tempted to bawl out Lucas's name as if she were a peasant woman selling her market wares.

I’ve Made My Choice