‘What destroys a human being?’ Athaliah Leighton is merely a 16 year old lady but she is bound to find out. In the clash of power; in the pull of love and transcending betrayals. Many wonder when her journey down the spiral began, but only she knows when exactly it was; on the day she met that madman of an emperor- Joaquin I.
To his people, he is a great ruler, but to her he is nothing more than an enigma. One day, he proposes marriage for no rhyme or reason. The other day, he dyes her vision in a rain of blood for her. Another day, he stands in front of her about to pull down the guillotine.
Sometimes Athaliah thinks to herself that it is love that they share. But as the dangers of the court manifests itself. As Royal concubine Vilma - her mother gives her a secret mission to betray everything they had. As another man secretly holds her heart. How will the story turn out? Will the seed of their hard built trust bring a garden of camellia or will it result in a forest fire?
(This is an original story)
