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Unhappy to be wed and torn away from the only home she has ever known, Lady Cerena Baratheon is summoned from Storm's End to King's Landing, where she is to become the wife of Prince Baelor Targaryen-the Prince of Dragonstone, Hand of the King, and heir to the Iron Throne.
At only nineteen, Cerena has little interest in marriage and even less in becoming the second wife of a widower nearly a decade her senior. Worse still, Baelor already has two sons, Valarr and Matarys, both nearly her own age. The thought of suddenly becoming a stepmother to boys who could hardly be called children leaves Cerena deeply uncomfortable with the match.
Cerena would much rather spend her days dancing at feasts, whispering with ladies of the court, indulging in harmless gossip, and enjoying the freedom afforded to a young noblewoman of Storm's End. She has no desire to trade that freedom for the burdens of a prince's wife.
But marriage to Baelor demands far more than a pretty gown and a royal title.
As the wife of the heir, Cerena is expected to fulfill her duties, produce heirs, maintain alliances, and conduct herself with the dignity expected of a future queen. Yet Cerena makes little effort to hide her displeasure, resisting every expectation placed upon her and refusing to become the obedient wife everyone expects her to be.
Baelor, meanwhile, finds himself faced with a wife who is nothing like the quiet, dutiful woman he imagined would stand beside him.
A storm has come to Dragonstone-and she has no intention of bending the knee.