Lady Illyra never dreamed of becoming the official favorite of the youngest of the four princes of Leodia. And she took every measure she could think of to avoid it.
However, at the presentation of the candidates the prince chose not the beauties-blondes from the steppe regions, and not the brown-haired girl who was dreaming of him from the lands by the lakes—but precisely her. There was no way to refuse to offer him her hand; neither his peers nor her own aunt would forgive such neglect…