Born a common\er =, E\\leanor @has!\ spent years quietly protecting her hu+sb$and, Duke Adr
##ian, and] his kingdom. Y-: et he has a ^lway;%s mistaken her+$\ l\oy+ a^?lty f!=%or amb!*;/iti` on, +belie*$#v,ing sh`..e marr=ied hi=m onl+/y fo` r sta tus $an-[d po`[wer. Aft_?(er be!*ing ?pub++licly humiliated and heartle_ss\ ly cas;$t asi- ] de by_ the+!\ m^ a^[ n /she loves,\%,[ Eleanor ]/finall\) y give
^*+s up
 o#_n their
_ marri#age and wal)=ks aw#%!ay.
(Only aft.er she leaves does Adr=^+ian disc\*;(over t-)hat the^[ my\+\#s[+?terious ;mask$e$[()d wa $rrior#^ who repea])t?e`dly@ saved his lif /*e was El:-;e*..anor all along. What )h_e stil;?.)l do es n%);o]t know i\+s that she;,[ is [#also th@e long-lo:st heir to a pow%=%^erful emp =ire.
When Eleanor $ r e:?claims her i+dent[@ity and t[he power that r[ig%-: *htfu--,?lly be -longs to her, ;:Adrian finally realiz\* es what he h as lost);. Mea #nwhi.le, an ambiti?ous regent launches a coup:[,% /,plunging the enti] re kingdom in#t-o crisis@,+.
*With both\@
, h/[[*is fo:@@$r]]mer :!wife and\ h^@is realm]$ in danger, Adr^-ian is wil
@ling to sacr]if ,ice everything to pr,o
.
tect  Eleanor. But th\!is ti. me^, h$e%^ is no (longer #f[+ighting to  w!.in ba%ck her l*ove—o;nly for the ch ance to ea] rn her forgiven $%ess.