Episode 2

Like Wind on a Dry Branch

As plague and turmoil afflicts the empire, enchanting widow Rieta Tristi finds herself at the mercy of a malicious nobleman and his dying wish to have her buried alive beside his corpse. The plague has taken her husband, slave traders have taken her young child, and now her own life is at risk -- until an unexpected visit from the empire's outcast prince changes everything.

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Cierra

Cierra Elburke and Claude LeSpencer, both sharing backgrounds of illegitimacy, find refuge from the scorn of their family and society in each other’s arms. But when Cierra is forced to marry someone other than her beloved, she begs for another chance at life with a happier ending. Through the power of the “key” to the throne that is gifted by Claude, Cierra is given a chance to start over. Yet this time, she chooses to leave everything behind, including Claude, with hope for a better life. Has she made the right choice, or will this second chance prove more disastrous than her original fate?

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What Melvin Left Behind

Cheryl is a well-to-do lady of Neus Castle and a beloved little sister to Melvin. But, the night before Melvin's coronation, in an evil scheme plotted by their power-hungry uncle, Cheryl and her brother's peaceful days at the castle come to an abrupt end. Just as she's about to face her doom, she is rescued by Felix, her brother's best friend and the lord of Blair Castle, under the pretense of marriage, as he declares war against anyone who attempts to murder his bride-to-be. Cheryl's married life with her brother's-friend-turned-husband begins with the news of this fake but life-saving matrimony.

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