He was the crown prince, his future as a leader already decided. But his heart belonged to someone else, a low-born girl with whom he had fallen in love. Despite his parents' objections, he married her in secret, hoping to find a way to make it work. However, when his father discovered the truth, he killed the young girl with no remorse, not caring that his son had loved her. Devastated, he mourned his wife and refused to accept his arranged marriage to the daughter of the dowager duchess