Because she is a princess and not a prince who could be useful to the kingdom, a secret was kept from the public: a princess of the royal family was secreted far away from the people.

Drew, the Duke, was sent on a mission that resulted in the king and his knights betraying him. Wounded, he enters an old house that he initially believed to be abandoned where he meets a lady with a pure heart, unknowing that she is a secret hidden by the king.

"A lady oughtn't live in a secreted place..."