Six years after being cast out of the palace, Clara is raising twins in a village that calls them bastards. Then a royal steward sees her son—and falls to his knees. Dragged back to court, Clara comes face-to-face with King Edric, the man tied to her darkest secret. The Queen Mother wants the children erased. A ruthless duke demands their deaths. And a sacred royal relic will decide whether the twins are frauds—or the kingdom’s rightful heirs. To save her children, a disgraced maid must challeng
