In the heart of Evermore Stronghold, I was nothing. A nobody from a house that held no influence. But my mother's scheming ways had brought me to the very edge of the power that controlled our realm. I was lucky to have any position at all, but nothing was ever good enough for my mother. When I first laid eyes on General Thorne Valerius, I knew I had to find a way to be his lover. But the general was betrothed to the only daughter...