Summary
Chapter 0 On the day of his enthronement, he knelt and called me Mother Empress. When they pressed the red-hot wolf brand into my collarbone, I thought I would rot away in the snow. A month later, I sat in the golden hall wearing the wedding robes of a Queen. The man who had personally driven me out of the Royal City stormed in, sword in hand. His eyes were bloodshot as he demanded to know how I could do this. I raised my wine cup and gave him a smile. “You want to know?” “Call me Mother Empress first.”