Mildritha Allwright a young women in the court of Alfred's the Great comes from the vikings;Sent into Alfred's court, right from Alfred brother passing for Alfred to steal the throne and take it under his hands. Mildrtha learns to stay and be a pertend Maid in his court and finds a young handsome west-saxon man Richard More, he works for Alfred the Great, he sells books and such, when she learns this she wants to work for Alfred the Great and Richard More, but they both do not know her secret.
Being King Alfred's bastard daughter would put Serene's life in danger if someone found out. Including herself.
On her sixteenth birthday her mother had told her of her father. A week later Danes had attacked their village, making her watch as they all took a turn with her mother then slit her throat. After that the Danes took her in as their own.
That was until Uthred of Bebbenburg had soon walked into her path. A Irishman along with him.