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Jade Carter has spent nineteen years surviving the slums of Eldoria through theft, fighting, and sheer stubbornness. But when a stolen pouch of royal gold leads to her arrest, she expects to lose her hand. Instead, King Adrian stops her punishment after discovering that Jade is the exact double of his dead daughter, Princess Aurelia.
Aurelia has been secretly dead for months, and the kingdom cannot know. To protect the throne and a fragile political alliance, Adrian forces Jade to assume his daughter's identity. Torn away from Vivian, the only family she has ever known, Jade enters the palace where wealth cannot protect her from danger.
The Queen sees Jade as a cruel imitation of her daughter, while the court watches for every mistake. As Jade struggles to survive her new identity, Aurelia's diary reveals secrets surrounding her final days, including a life and death the royal family has desperately tried to conceal.
Meanwhile, Prince Lucien becomes increasingly fixated on Jade's resemblance to Aurelia, forcing her closer to a danger she doesn't understand.
With enemies surrounding her and the truth threatening the kingdom, Jade must uncover what happened to Aurelia, and decide whether to escape the crown or claim the power it represents.
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Chapter: Chapter 5The Queen didn't leave when Adrian asked her to. She stood rooted in place, staring at Jade like she was something offensive, a costume worn wrong, a joke made in poor taste at the worst possible moment. "Get out," she finally said, though the words weren't aimed at Jade at all they were on her husband. "Margaret..""Get her out of my sight." Her voice shook, grief and fury tangled so tightly together that Jade couldn't tell which one would win. "How dare you Adrian. How dare you bring some street girl in here and dress her up like my daughter?""I did what's necessary." Adrian's voice softened a bit."Necessary." The queen's laugh was broken, humourless. "Necessary was to bury Aurelia properly. Necessary was letting me mourn her instead of hiding her death like a stain on the carpet. This_" she gestured to Jade without looking at her, she couldn't bear to hold her gaze for a second at a time_" this is not necessary, this is mockery."This is survival," Adrian said, his voice hardenin
Last Updated: 2026-09-01
Chapter: Chapter 4Edmund hadn't moved from his post near the door. Jade could feel his eyes on her, though he kept turning his face towards the corridor. It wasn't curiosity, it was something closer to unease. She couldn't blame him, she felt just as out of place in her own skin, with the pounding of her heart and goosebumps rising on her body.The king stood by the fire with his hands clasped behind his back. He hadn't stopped looking at her since he'd entered the room, his eyes locked and stiff. The fireplace gave sharp snapping sounds from the burning wood, the flames casting restless shadows across the stone walls, but there was nothing restless about him. He was still, perfectly composed. As though he hadn't ordered to free a girl dragged out the slums hours ago. As though he hadn't watched her nearly lose a hand.At last, Edmund cleared his throat. "Your majesty." The king didn't turn or move an inch."Shall I fetch the physician
Last Updated: 2026-09-01
Chapter: Chapter 3The sight of the gate stole the little breath she had for that moment. The iron was twice her height, carved with the same crest she had seen earlier on the coin that was already ruining her afternoon. She barely had time to look around the gate before she was forced through them, marbles shined under her boots, gold plated on every wall, of course there was more wealth in the hall than in the entire Low market saw in many seasons. Her chest still rose up and down from the run while she gasped for a steady breathing. Her wrist burned where the rope bit deep, she was sure there would be bruises on them.None of that mattered as the one thought that kept hitting her head, over and over as sharp as a blade. 'They are going to take my hand.' Fear took control over her entire body, she trembled and sobbed softly as quiet as a whisper. At this point, fear wasn't going to save her fingers, only her wits could. She had to use it and come up with something believable even though her pulses ham
Last Updated: 2026-09-01
Chapter: Chapter 2The impact knocked her breath clean out of her lungs.One second there was a clear space ahead, the slippery stone road and the alley just past the closed bakery, and then next was a shoulder, hard and sudden, hitting her right in the chest making her lose balance. Her feet that were usually sure on wet stone, betrayed her completely. She fell down hard and then the curses came sharp and loud. His was sharp with a mix of annoyance and offendedness. Hers stayed swallowed in her throat, too shocked to even come out. Pain spread along her hip where she hit the stone road. For one second, all she could feel was the cold crawling in through her skirts, it caused her ear to ring, and her own heart slammed like it wanted to fall out.Suddenly, she felt it,the pouch was loose from her sleeve in the fall, slipping free before she could catch it. It hit the stone with a sound too rich and too bright, for either copper or silver. Gold coins spilled across the road, scattering in every direction,
Last Updated: 2026-09-01
Chapter: Chapter 1Jade breathed in the market's stink, the rotten fruit and wet earth, resting thick and sweet at the back of her throat, that she felt her shoulders ease. The rain didn't touch her the same way it touched everyone else. It beat against the wooden stalls and turned the streets soft with mud, and she only watched what it did to the people. Merchants crowded under the roofs, voices raised over the downpour as water slipped down their necks.Others moved quickly past with hoods low and eyes on the ground, hands wiping rain from their faces instead of holding on to what they carried. Coats hung loose on their shoulders as their bags swayed with every step. None of them looked up. Jade felt her pulse quicken. She liked people better when they weren't paying attention.She pulled her hood lower and drifted to a cloth merchant stall, close enough to almost seem like a buyer. Her eyes wandered over the colourful fabrics, rolls of dyed wool hanging heavy and wet. She ran her fingers on them like
Last Updated: 2026-09-01
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