Synopsis
I was the youngest princess in the Imperial family, and when rebellion swallowed the empire whole, I was the first one they let go. An extra, easily discarded. For ten years I lived as an ordinary girl named Ethel, not as the imperial princess Stella. That lasted until the family that threw me away came calling. "I have need of a substitute," my sister, the first princess, told me. "Someone to stand in for the princess who disappeared." "That's an interesting offer, Your Highness. My answer is no." "Is there nothing you hold dear…?" A barely veiled threat, my family…
