For fi^% ve ye/ars, Ser@$aphina Sangreal h?as kep:+t Grand *% Duk/e Al
ist/*ai[*_r Ra[:v/en+scro ft alive wit:h her own# ]bl+\ood—and\%; his realm s=tand?\ing—while remain ing h/_*is/+ se@cret mistress. When a p`\o +%litical m ,arriage shatters her ]las.^$t h.%ope, she walks away wit:h a secret. As ); be%[,t@?rayal and buried $$-royal blood co=;me to light,_+. Ali*stair r +\ealizes+ too lat\e that he may ha
\=ve lost far m(/;ore than th+e)
w? oman#: w-h @o loved him so deeply.