Never To Be Loved Again

It was drizzly and cold.Here sat the most humble of the kingdom's come, and it was no place for a nation's queen. She had a noble background, but she was trapped and didn't know when she'd see the light again.In fact, she had long abandoned her desire to flee and her hope of survival. The moment her unborn child died in her womb and her husband abandoned her was the moment she died on the inside.Squeeek…The prison door opened, and a woman dressed in baroque attire entered. She was wrinkled with opulent jewelries and ornaments fit for a queen. A chair near the prison bar rested, and the noble-like woman sat in it."Good day, dear sister."Alicia raised her head.The noblewoman's fiery eyes glowed with unspoken desire for Alicia."Oh, my dearest sister."Unlike the words that came out of the noblewoman's mouth, her countenance was one of mockery and criticism rather than compassion."I told you, sister... you needed to step back and allow me to pass. If you had listened, this would

Alicia's mother came from a noble family in the neighboring country of Coulson. Both Ehrlich and Coulson shared a common language, writing system, and a long-standing marriage alliance between nobles and royals. And there is a recent history of Ehrlich and Coulson joining forces and fighting the same enemy.When her mother was young, she traveled to Ehrlich, a neighboring country, at the invitation of her cousin and fell in love at first sight with a young man. The only problem was his lowly status, and he already had a lover. Her parents actively tried to prevent the marriage for these reasons alone, but she was adamant, fiery, and stubborn. She was tough and had a warrior's heart.Many men had fallen for her carefree attitude, but she only had her sights set on that young man, and she wanted to be with that young man.That was it.As a result, her parents made a suggestion. If the young man ended his relationship with his old lover and accepted the marriage, the Ehrlichs would besto

Cesca Anna.She was the only bloodline borne by Ehrlich's King Edgar II and was politically married off to Coulson, the prince of the neighboring kingdom. Edgar II had no other children when he was nearing the end of his life. The old king's problems worsened as his death approached. In the Kingdom of Ehrlich, no woman had ever been crowned king. Nonetheless, the old king handed over the next throne to his one and only child and daughter at the last minute, leaving his last will and testament on his deathbed.Will he?'My daughter, Anna Cesca, will be the next king.'Some faithfully followed the king's last will and testament, while others did not. There were dissenting voices until some of the nobles conspired to crown the king's cousin, Duke of Lucas, as the next king and imprison Anna in the castle.The successful coronation of Ehrlich's throne appeared simple at first, but things quickly changed when Anna escaped the castle she was imprisoned in with the help of Coulson.Anna quic

When the King, who later became Alicia's partner and husband, launched an all-out investigation, one that was originally launched with the intent of capturing the Queen's power, Count Kenboe was instead apprehended. At the time, the young King, who had only recently begun dealing with state affairs, was full of spirit and vigour to do everything he could to avoid his mother's shadow during the converging clean-up.Despite sharing the same blood, the young King and Queen had a strained relationship. The Queen, who should have been King by nature, did not easily relinquish her power during the converging clean-up process, which was a major impediment for the young King, who had only recently begun his statehood affairs.That'd also been the reason he'd been hostile to Alicia from the start, with the exception of their first meeting.Alicia was the Queen's relative and goddaughter, and she had blood ties to the Coulson forces he'd been fighting.Though the truth was his obvious friendlin

Alicia, ironically, benefited from the marriage contract following her mother's death."Back then, you had a choice. You could have refused to marry mother... you could have sacrificed fame and fortune to be with your loved one. Perhaps you and mother are happy. "Neither would I have been born."Alicia spoke her thoughts aloud for the first time.Her father was a self-centered individual. He was given a fair choice: for fame and wealth that he would never achieve in his lifetime, he'd have to forget his old lover and at least... learn to love the woman he would marry. Even if his heart was with another woman, it was a man's duty to care for and love his wife and daughter.It was a simple decision.He, however, did not.He had an affair with another woman and had a child with her.Perhaps it was for the best that her late mother died before she discovered the truth."Your mother was a terrifying woman who had pushed her away without my knowledge!" This child would not have suffered as