A blessing in disguise. A difficult choice. A love affair cut short. When Isabel discovered she was pregnant, she cherished it as a gift from her beloved. She refused to forfeit the child, even if it meant leaving the barony or concealing her condition from Agares, whose rumored engagement to Lady Sepia of the Ducal House of Schade suggested Isabel might never see him again in any case. Following her expulsion from the barony and the relinquishment...