When Lenore Rowanhart is forced to take her cousin’s place in a political marriage to the infamous Duke Barrowmere, she expects cold silences and a crumbling manor in the middle of a cursed land. She doesn't expect the strange pull she feels toward the land. Or the way the duke watches her as if she were a ghost.

Vella's first report to Eadwyn comes a week after the crown princess candidates move into their guest rooms at the imperial palace. It's been an uneventful week. Not from the lack of secret intentions being held in the hearts of at least some of the participants, but because it was too early for any of the ladies to make a move within the walls of the palace. This is unfamiliar territory for each of them, meaning nobody is starting off with the advantage of a known location or servants loyal to them.


Chapter 92 - A Week of Torment