The Commoner KingPrincess Elara has always been the kingdom's afterthought born of a maid, tolerated by her father, and worth nothing except the political marriage he can arrange for her. When a foreign king arrives and requests her hand specifically, she is given no choice. She walks to the altar certain she is walking to her death, carrying a secret that could get her killed and comes face to face with her groom.It's Cael. The commoner she fell in love with. The man who disappeared without a word six months ago.He looks at her like a stranger.Now Elara is in a foreign kingdom with no allies, a pregnancy she cannot hide, and a husband who knows more about her life than she ever told him. The man she loved was never who he said he was. But the man standing in front of her now, cold, calculated, and pulling strings she is only beginning to see might be the only thing standing between her and everything that wants her dead.The problem is she doesn't know if she can trust him.The bigger problem is she doesn't know if she wants to stop.