“Rosaline has never forgiven me for falling in love with your mother and naming you as one of my heirs when she died. I fear that she will take her grudge out on you when I am gone.” Deanna’s mother was once one of the queen’s ladies-in-waiting. She and the King fell in love, and he started an affair with her. The queen did not care about the incident for she had already borne him two children, Princess Helena, and Prince Lamont. But she eventually heard about their love for one another. Love was far more different than a mere affair. The queen was smart enough to know that with love, a woman held great power over a man. She wished to banish Deanna’s mother from court, but the king wouldn’t allow it. It was too late anyway. She was pregnant. When she died during childbirth, instead of sending the infant to her relatives, the king claimed the infant as his heir and named her Deanna. The kingdom knew Deana as the bastard princess. However, growing up Deanna was a curious child. She was often allowed to accompany the king to the village surrounding the castle. The villagers fell in love with her beauty, curiosity, and generosity. Now she often stole away to the village to assist in the hospital or school. Although she was a bastard princess it was known far across the kingdom that she had the kindness and charm of her father.