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Dealing with royalty comes with a price. Anissa knows this better than anyone. Not only did the sceptre walk all over the ounce of dignity she was left with as she arrived at court an abandoned orphan, but her entire life was torn apart. She came so close to the Crown that for a brief moment, she could hold it: but its touch poisoned her at the very core of her feelings and made it impossible for her to love, ever again.
After she was banned from court for reasons which the reader will soon be informed of, Mrs Bensalmane decided she'd put everything behind her and start anew from nothing. She roamed the Maghreb from kingdom to kingdom for months until one day, fortune finally decided to take pity on her, allowing Ssi Bensalmane's path to cross hers and leading them to a prosper marriage.
Twenty years later, Anissa, who has now become Mrs Bensalmane, mastress of a lovely palace alongside the Mediteranean shore, far away from the court's uproar and sharp tongue, has become mother of six and seems to be living a life worth the envy. But as she receives a personal letter from the Queen urging her to send her three sons to Court at once, as pretenders to wed the royal Princess Nour, she gets reminded that whatever she might do, her fate and her family's is tied to the Crown.