The Baby Prisoner in the Winter Castle

A kingdom fallen, a royal bloodline erased—except for one. Nine-year-old Clarisse, the illegitimate daughter of a defeated dynasty, survives only because of a cruel law: no one under eighteen may be executed. Cast into the frozen isolation of the Winter Castle, she is raised by Maximilian, the man tasked with delivering her head to the crown once her grace period expires. Ten years of borrowed time. Ten years of survival. Will she escape her inevitable fate, or will the the cold embrace of the Winter Castle claim her? Dive into the tragedy and tension of Chapter 1 now!