Synopsis
“I’ve seen countless times how even those bound by a blood oath as master and vassal betray one another and turn their blades against each other.”
“Not only on the battlefield—such things are even more common here in the imperial palace.”
“And how could I possibly trust someone I’ve met only twice?”
Alexandra Lumoire, the daughter of a fallen marquis,
attends an imperial banquet for the first time in a long while—an event that only reminds her of her miserable reality. There, she crosses paths with the infamous Second Prince, Zenon.
Mistaking Alexandra for an assassin, Zenon confronts her. Yet through their tense exchange, she feels the ambition long buried within her begin to awaken. She offers him strategic advice to ensure his victory in the war.
But the moment the Second Prince returns triumphant, the Crown Prince sends another assassin after him.
When Alexandra and Zenon meet again, he once more mistakes her for the assassin and aims his gun at her. However, after hearing her second piece of advice, he makes her an offer she can hardly refuse.
“You will come with me as my wife, my lady.”
“You will share my fate.”
Perhaps this was a new opportunity for Alexandra.
Her green eyes burned in the darkness like a cat’s.
‘Once the Second Prince secures his power base and reaches stability, I can always divorce him and return.’
But what she truly desired was real power.
To rise to the highest, supreme throne.
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