The Regent’s Secret Wife

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Synopsis

For four years, a woman has cared for a duke’s foolish son, born to his mistress, while the duke was away. When he returns, he does not recognize her sacrifice; instead, he shames her publicly and reduces her to a role beneath his station. His contempt forces an old injustice into the open, setting the stage for a reckoning over the place she is allowed to claim.

He is unaware that their confrontation conceals a far greater secret. Four years earlier, on the day he made her swear before his iron gauntlet, she secretly married the kingdom’s most powerful man: the king. Now, as the duke dismisses her, her hidden husband steps forward to support her. The drama follows her reversal of fortune as buried identity and delayed regret collide, with the child and the duke’s past choices at the heart of the conflict.