Instinctive terror crashed over Ines like a tidal wave.
How could she not hate the Empress? If she could, she would have torn her limb from limb.
But the Empress stood far too high for that. Her family did, and so did her position.
In her previous life, after her marriage to Cedric, no one had doubted for a moment that the Imperial Consort's son would become Crown Prince. And yet, what had been the result? The Greenwoods and the Angels were branded as traitors who had raised a rebellion, and met a wretched end.
Everything in her previous life had gone smoothly. Her aunt had borne the Emperor's son, her father had risen from success to success, and she herself had become the Duchess Angel. Even so, they had all died. Even when everything had been at its best, this woman had disposed of two great houses…
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