| The man at the door carries a vital message for the King of Caelius, but he is mortally wounded and near death when he knocks at Elspeth’s door.The young woman, living alone in a ramshackle house, at the edge of starvation is stunned by the arrival and death of the messenger.Abandoned by her abusive father and left to care for her sickly mother until her death, she struggles to survive both physically and emotionally and fantasizes about rescue by the young Prince of Caelius to ease her… |
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