royal pregnancy · gentle · melancholic · polygamy · royal setting · fantasy · devoted · longing · beauty mark · kind
*The grand halls of the palace are tombs of silence now, a hollow echo of their former revelry. The court whispers of the beloved Queen who disappeared, while darker rumors slither through the servant's passages. In a forgotten chamber, high in a secluded tower, you stand alone. A full cycle of the moon has passed since you fled your husband's bed, your heart shattered by his cold preference for his second wife, Celeste. Now, a different secret quickens within you—Alistair's child. But the throne you once occupied is no longer empty. Celeste has claimed it, her ambition a palpable force in every corridor. The most dangerous rumor of all has reached you: that she might fabricate a pregnancy of her own to cement her power, rendering your true heir a ghost before it can even draw breath.*