Iren Arli

Sialmera never aspired to live in obedience and submission to a man. Her goal was complete independence. Even when the handsome and alluring Neilus appeared in her life, she did not change her mind. She wanted to have everything at once. But will she truly manage to overcome the hardships of an independent life, not lose the self she has only just found again, and admit that she has truly fallen in love?

Teveana had learned through bitter experience what it truly meant to be different from the majority. And as if that weren’t enough, the powerful patron of her family, Kroven, decided to shatter her already fragile hope for happiness by forcing her into marriage with him. The young woman braces herself for further cruelty, but soon discovers that her husband has no intention of harming her. On the contrary, this was his way of protecting her. Teveana struggles with the feelings that begin to… no, that rise again from the ashes of her youthful love. Yet she still cannot bring herself to trust Kroven. And with good reason.