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In the Waldorf Empire, blood determines everything.
A crown.
A title.
A place in the world.
Viella has none of them.
Born in the forgotten streets of Gerald, she has spent sixteen years learning one simple rule: know your place, keep your head down, and survive.
Until the day Crown Princess Astoria von Waldorf finds her.
Taken from the streets and brought into the glittering palace, Viella becomes a mere maid in a world where everyone wears a mask-and where one wrong glance can cost her everything.
But there is something about Viella that the palace cannot ignore.
Her emerald eyes.
Eyes eerily similar to those of the late Empress.
And when Duke Eirian Leopold Vaelcrest, the man destined to stand beside Princess Astoria, begins to notice her, Viella finds herself drawn into a world of secrets, power, jealousy, and a past she never knew existed.
In a kingdom where crowns are inherited and identities are carefully guarded, one question remains:
What happens when the girl who was never meant to matter becomes the one person everyone is watching?