The Prince's Man

While they're dressing, hairdressing and adorning her, Alexa's thoughts went elsewhere. Her intuition told her that many hidden things, involving not only the dead of the castle, but the living ones as well, were in progress. What the White Queen had tried to show her, or show off herself, Alexa wasn't still sure. A macabre game of chess, a mortal match, was underway.

Murders and assassination attempts were common in royal courts, where the power struggle was constant. However, the influence of the dead in that court was real, and impacting indeed. What are the ambitions of the dead, and what are the ambitions of the living? From now on, how would she live, bearing the surname Von Donnersmarck and being a Princess?