[DeepL Translation - needs review] Book 1 Introduction: A feast is held daily at the court of Vere, a garden of pleasure. Damen, the heir to the throne of the neighboring kingdom of Aquilos, is entrapped by his half-brother and presented as a slave before Laurent, Prince of Vere. Damen is shackled and shackled, and humiliated by Laurent, who has a heart of ice. However, he has not lost his freedom of mind.
One day, he is punished with a whipping for his carelessness, and he begins to hate La...
