The Ghost Who Poured the Wine

Synopsis

Conrad took the iron crown of Oakhaven the year they told him his mate had burned at Crimson Ridge. Six years later he marries a northern princess for her father's spears, because a king cannot marry for a soul-deep bond. Six floors below the feast, a scarred scullery maid with a ruined leg is ordered upstairs with the reserve wine, and she has spent two years making certain no one above ground ever sees her face. She keeps her eyes on the table as she fills his cup. Then his hand closes around her wrist.