Veronica Rosenblatt is the only daughter of one of the great families of the Belsamel Empire. In the highest privileged society, where infidelity was equated with state treason, Veronica - the offspring of adultery and the dirty stain of six great races grew.
Living in the cold shadows of the estate’s corridors, unloving, uncaring, on a short leash so tightly held by her father and second brother, Veronica set everything on a shimmering possibility: hatred for one’s own family.
Leon Kir-Erdey is an outstanding serviceman, an aristocrat. A young man with a fine reputation without a single blemish.
"Isn’t that an attractive offer? I know what you want with all your heart and I’m ready to give it to you. Is not marriage a small price to pay for the great cause?"
"It’s more like a deal with the devil than a marriage proposal."
The game of chess where until the last one knows who will win. Yes, and that victory will satisfy all the hidden desires? All the means are good? People, money, power, reputation, feelings and freedom. There is too much at stake.
But the world outside the family estate turned out to be too intoxicating. Unknown feelings cannot turn your head.
"Let’s just do what we have to do, dear. Stay out of my business, and I will stay out of yours.”
