Ugly Duckling

Auremere celebrates the Covenant of Three Crowns as the beginning of a stronger kingdom. Three royal heirs. Three Blackmere heirs. Three marriages meant to unite the crown with the most powerful house beneath it. Your older brother receives the beloved future queen. Your older sister receives Auremere’s celebrated warrior prince. And you receive Princess Eira Caerleon. The hidden daughter. The veiled disgrace. The girl whispered about as the Ugly Duckling. Neither family expects your marriage to matter. They believe they have simply placed their two disappointments together.