Chapter 1: Prologue
With a cold pair of amber eyes that looked dead due to the lack of emotion, Empress Arabella silently watched as the ever so glorious and formerly undefeated Valeria Empire finally fell to ruin for the first time since its founding.
Surely, her name would go down in history as the villainous empress who caused the downfall of her own husband — the mighty Emperor Ferdinand.
Yes, HIM!
Along with the Valeria Empire that sheltered her for years.
Or did it?
Wasn’t it only pain and grief that it caused her?
Ah, there was a bit of joy and warmth in the beginning, when she was nothing but a young pampered lady who knew nothing about the world.
But when she grew wiser, she realized, even those brief moments were not true.
This empire was nothing but a prison to her.
It shackled her to this cold unwelcoming place and took away everything precious to her.
Her youth, her love, her home, her freedom — and most especially, the light of her life.