Prologue

Claire has always known that her mother, the Queen was being controlled. Throughout her life, time and time again, she has seen first hand how the King's tyrannical control on his family has tightened. But she never knew how far he would go. When her mother dies in a freak fire, everybody accepts it as a tragedy, and nothing more. But somewhere, deep inside of her, she knows that something isn't right. At this risk of her reputation, her power, and her life, she dives into a foreign world of everyday life in order to find the answers she so desperately needs.