Melody's Ballad

Princess Melody spent a happy childhood tucked away in the north. Her world is upended with the arrival of Allia, a hostage in a gilded cage. As Melody reaches womanhood, she finds life very different than what she had pictured, full of dangers, death, and disappointments.

Melody awaits her grand wedding with the Emperor's son, but there's one problem: she's already married to the elven prince. Danger and temptation steep Torrin, the Empire's capital. Melody finds herself completely unprepared for the lavish, lewd lifestyle there. Unable to find a way out of her marriage to the dauphin, she finds herself utterly trapped until she's uncertain herself if she wants her past to hunt her down or not.

Melody's sins have come to haunt her. As she works to find her place in the elven court, she is discovered by a group of assassins who know how she failed her kingdom. They hunt a bloody revenge. The Empire does not rest and looms threatening to the south, bringing more danger to the young queen and the new family she worked so hard to get.