Prologue

Tegan could hardly get over the departure of his beloved wife. Their only daughter is not with him right now, either. But never would he have even imagined in his wildest dreams that one day, he'd get involved in such a forbidden relationship with none other than the King himself. The little boy that grew up before his eyes, it seemed to him, and whom he and the council had worked so hard to establish on the throne, has a side like this, Tegan couldn't believe. But as much as he wants to deny the reality and turn back time so as to prevent this undoing, he can't deny the poisonous pleasure that is killing him so slowly yet surely. He can see the end before his eyes. The end is clear and painful and he knows he must take the punishment for this deadly sin.