Only the wicked may survive. For Princess Cecile, marriage has always been an inevitable. As the unloved illegitimate child of a neglectful king, she had hardened her heart to the fact that she would be sold off to the most convenient groom her father could find. However, when it soon becomes clear that her impending marriage would be to that of the notoriously sadistic Emperor Estian, she throws all caution to the wind. If she...