“Will you please get lost?”
A bloody competition among the imperial children vying for the throne.
Lorisha, maid of honor to the Imperial Princess, refuses the advances of the second-born Imperial Prince’s ally, Ducal Prince Locard.
This is obviously a ploy from the Princess to test her loyalty, a forbidden temptation.
But refusal will only fuel the obsession of the Prince, heir to the most prominent family in the empire, even more…….
* * *
Locard suddenly took her hand and kissed it. His lips, whispering quietly, brushed her hand like a feather and tickled her.
“When the contest is over, your future will be mine, so keep that in mind.”
She shook her fan finely, like a butterfly flapping its wings, and smiled heartily with her eyes.
“If you want to try, be my guest.”
