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The Loneliest Ballad

“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.

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Lucas nodded thoughtfully. "I'm glad to hear it. I liked both of your parents. Your mother seemed the type who'd happily flay me if I did anything wrong by you, though."

Celia had to laugh at the accurate description. "Well, you're right about that. But she found you very charming, and she's a difficult critic to win over. I think you left a good impression with everyone at court. Especially with the ladies." She looked at him slyly.

"Ugh, don't say it. Celia, please don't say her name-"

"Whose name?" she stared at him with wide eyes. "I don't suppose you mean the illustrious Viscountess Gerrard?"

"Dammit! I told you I didn't want to hear her name!" Lucas winced.

"Well, she definitely liked you. I feel sorry for Lauren, to be honest. I know deep down, she's unhappy." she said with a sigh. "But the way she pursued you, even when she knew I didn't like it…and I knew she wasn't doing it because she genuinely cared about you."