Selena survives years of grueling cruelty in a dark wilderness cabin, stripped of both her vocal cords and her memories by an elusive elven plot. Her miserable existence shifts when a lost elven child, Prince Lucian, wanders into her forest clearing. When predators attack, Selena throws her battered body over the boy, exposing an identical floral birthmark that confirms she is his long-lost biological mother.
King Theodore escorts Selena into the royal citadel, unaware that the quiet drudge was once his cherished queen. Inside the gilded halls, treacherous Queen Walda orchestrates brutal subterranean ambushes and vicious assaults to finish the assassination she started. Selena must protect her fragile child, endure palace cruelty, and piece together her shattered past before the queen's conspirators eliminate her permanently.
